Physicians Rarely Elicit Critically Ill Patients' Previously Expressed Treatment Preferences in Intensive Care Units

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Jul 15;196(2):242-245. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201611-2242LE.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Advance Care Planning
  • Advance Directives*
  • Aged
  • Cohort Studies
  • Communication*
  • Critical Illness
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Preference*
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
  • Professional-Family Relations*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Qualitative Research
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States