Estimating the Impact of Words Used by Physicians in Advance Care Planning Discussions: The “Do You Want Everything Done?” Effect

• Published in: Critical care explorations Vol. 1; no. 10; p. e0052
• Main Author: DiDiodato, Giulio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Original Clinical Report; healthcare survey; withdrawing care; medical power of attorney; advance care planning; life support systems; decision modeling

To estimate the probability of a substitute decision maker choosing to withdraw life-sustaining therapy after hearing an affirmative patient response to the phrase "Do you want everything done?" Discrete choice experiment. Single community hospital in Ontario. Nonrandom sampling of healthc...