Prevalence of and Factors Related to Discordance About Prognosis Between Physicians and Surrogate Decision Makers of Critically Ill Patients | Zendy

Douglas B. White | Zendy; Natalie C. Ernecoff | Zendy; Praewpannarai Buddadhumaruk | Zendy; Seoyeon Hong | Zendy; Lisa A. Weissfeld | Zendy; J. Randall Curtis | Zendy; John M. Luce | Zendy; Bernard Lo | Zendy

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Prevalence of and Factors Related to Discordance About Prognosis Between Physicians and Surrogate Decision Makers of Critically Ill Patients

Author(s) -

Douglas B. White,

Natalie C. Ernecoff,

Praewpannarai Buddadhumaruk,

Seoyeon Hong,

Lisa A. Weissfeld,

J. Randall Curtis,

John M. Luce,

Bernard Lo

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2016.5351

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , surrogate endpoint , critically ill , intensive care , medline , intensive care medicine , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , political science , law

Misperceptions about prognosis by individuals making decisions for incapacitated critically ill patients (surrogates) are common and often attributed to poor comprehension of medical information.

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