Add to ORKGing a poor prognosis will cause patients and families to lose hope, surrogate decision makers ’ perspectives on this topic are largely unknown. Objective: To determine surrogate decision makers ’ attitudes to-ward balancing hope and telling the truth when discussing prog-nosis. Design: Prospective, mixed-methods cohort study. Setting: 4 intensive care units at the University of California, Sa
Background: This article reports on the concept of “communicating prognostic uncertainty” which em...
Surrogates must possess essential patient information prior to legitimately exercising legal and mor...
BACKGROUND: Surrogate decision-makers ( surrogates ) and physicians of incapacitated patients have d...
BackgroundSurrogates of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) want honest prognos...
Background: Little is known about why surrogate decision makers for patients with advanced illness o...
ObjectivesOptimistic expectations about prognosis by surrogate decision-makers in ICUs are common, b...
BACKGROUND: Surrogate communication with providers about prognosis in the setting of acute critical ...
RationaleSurrogates of critically ill patients often have inaccurate expectations about prognosis. Y...
OBJECTIVES: Optimistic expectations about prognosis by surrogate decision-makers in ICUs are common,...
RATIONALE: Surrogates of critically ill patients often have inaccurate expectations about prognosis....
A growing body of evidence has pointed to the stressful experience surrounding surrogate decision-ma...
A growing body of evidence has pointed to the stressful experience surrounding surrogate decision-ma...
Background: Surrogate decision makers are required to make difficult end-of-life decisions with litt...
BackgroundAlthough numerous studies have addressed external factors associated with difficulty in su...
A qualitative action research study, guided by Parse’s theory of human becoming (1992), was conducte...
Background: This article reports on the concept of “communicating prognostic uncertainty” which em...
Surrogates must possess essential patient information prior to legitimately exercising legal and mor...
BACKGROUND: Surrogate decision-makers ( surrogates ) and physicians of incapacitated patients have d...
BackgroundSurrogates of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) want honest prognos...
Background: Little is known about why surrogate decision makers for patients with advanced illness o...
ObjectivesOptimistic expectations about prognosis by surrogate decision-makers in ICUs are common, b...
BACKGROUND: Surrogate communication with providers about prognosis in the setting of acute critical ...
RationaleSurrogates of critically ill patients often have inaccurate expectations about prognosis. Y...
OBJECTIVES: Optimistic expectations about prognosis by surrogate decision-makers in ICUs are common,...
RATIONALE: Surrogates of critically ill patients often have inaccurate expectations about prognosis....
A growing body of evidence has pointed to the stressful experience surrounding surrogate decision-ma...
A growing body of evidence has pointed to the stressful experience surrounding surrogate decision-ma...
Background: Surrogate decision makers are required to make difficult end-of-life decisions with litt...
BackgroundAlthough numerous studies have addressed external factors associated with difficulty in su...
A qualitative action research study, guided by Parse’s theory of human becoming (1992), was conducte...
Background: This article reports on the concept of “communicating prognostic uncertainty” which em...
Surrogates must possess essential patient information prior to legitimately exercising legal and mor...
BACKGROUND: Surrogate decision-makers ( surrogates ) and physicians of incapacitated patients have d...