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Advance Directives and Operating: Room for Improvement?

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Anesthesiologists and surgeons are frequently called on to perform procedures on critically ill patients with advanced directives. We assessed the attitudes of attending and resident surgeons and anesthesiologists at our institution regarding their understanding of and practice around the application of consenting critically ill patients with advance directives in the operating room. To do so, we deployed a survey after interdepartmental grand rounds, featuring a panel discussion of ethically complex cases featuring end-of-life issues.

Source: A & A Case Reports

DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000000269

Authors: Rachel A. Hadler, Mark D. Neuman, Steven Raper, Lee A. Fleisher

Institution: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Aging