The Problems With Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

JAMA. 2016 Jan 19;315(3):259-60. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.17362.

Authors

Kendra A Moore¹, Emily B Rubin², Scott D Halpern²

Affiliations

¹ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia2Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia3Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Decision Making
Evidence-Based Practice
Humans
Life Support Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
Life Support Care / standards
Life Support Care / trends
Oregon
Palliative Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Palliative Care / standards
Program Evaluation
Resuscitation Orders / legislation & jurisprudence*
Terminal Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
Terminal Care / standards
Terminal Care / trends
United States

Grants and funding

T32 HL098054/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States