An empirical study of surrogates' preferred level of control over value-laden life support decisions in intensive care units.
Johnson
Sara K
SK
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Bautista
Christopher A
CA
Hong
Seo Yeon
SY
Weissfeld
Lisa
L
White
Douglas B
DB
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003422:Critical Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000941:ethics*; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019727:Proxy; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics