Published in Med Decis Making on August 27, 2008
Practical guidance for evidence-based ICU family conferences. Chest (2008) 2.68
Are physicians' recommendations to limit life support beneficial or burdensome? Bringing empirical data to the debate. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.46
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Surrogate decision makers' interpretation of prognostic information: a mixed-methods study. Ann Intern Med (2012) 1.73
Hope, truth, and preparing for death: perspectives of surrogate decision makers. Ann Intern Med (2008) 1.54
Relationship between the prognostic expectations of seriously ill patients undergoing hemodialysis and their nephrologists. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 1.46
Doubt and belief in physicians' ability to prognosticate during critical illness: the perspective of surrogate decision makers. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.39
Why do patients agree to a "Do not resuscitate" or "Full code" order? Perspectives of medical inpatients. J Gen Intern Med (2011) 1.07
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Information giving and receiving in hematological malignancy consultations. Psychooncology (2011) 0.81
Institutional futility policies are inherently unfair. HEC Forum (2013) 0.76
Do physicians disclose uncertainty when discussing prognosis in grave critical illness? Narrat Inq Bioeth (2012) 0.75
Intensivist-reported Facilitators and Barriers to Discussing Post-Discharge Outcomes with Intensive Care Unit Surrogates. A Qualitative Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2016) 0.75
Caring for Patients' Families (or Lack of Family) in Neurocritical Care. Neurocrit Care (2017) 0.75
Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: an epidemiologic study. Crit Care Med (2004) 9.06
Closing the loop: physician communication with diabetic patients who have low health literacy. Arch Intern Med (2003) 8.76
Withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med (2003) 7.32
The influence of the probability of survival on patients' preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation. N Engl J Med (1994) 6.39
Simple tools for understanding risks: from innumeracy to insight. BMJ (2003) 6.08
Western bioethics on the Navajo reservation. Benefit or harm? JAMA (1995) 5.55
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Half the families of intensive care unit patients experience inadequate communication with physicians. Crit Care Med (2000) 3.78
Strategies to help patients understand risks. BMJ (2003) 3.55
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Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased satisfaction. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.18
Clinician statements and family satisfaction with family conferences in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.08
Prognostication during physician-family discussions about limiting life support in intensive care units. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.96
Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU: statement of the 5th International Consensus Conference in Critical Care: Brussels, Belgium, April 2003: executive summary. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.95
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Clinician predictions of intensive care unit mortality. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.65
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Numbers are better than words. Verbal specifications of frequency have no place in medicine. Am J Med (1983) 2.29
Risk communication in the clinical consultation. Clin Med (2005) 2.01
Intensive care decision making in the seriously ill and elderly. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.98
Studying communication about end-of-life care during the ICU family conference: development of a framework. J Crit Care (2002) 1.90
Patients' interpretations of probability terms. J Gen Intern Med (1991) 1.88
Expressions of probability: words and numbers. N Engl J Med (1980) 1.76
Talking to patients about cancer. BMJ (1996) 1.71
Benign breast disease--the risks of communicating risk. N Engl J Med (2005) 1.70
Fuzzy-trace theory, risk communication, and product labeling in sexually transmitted diseases. Risk Anal (2003) 1.64
Expressions of nonabandonment during the intensive care unit family conference. J Palliat Med (2005) 1.38
Bridging cultural differences in medical practice. The case of discussing negative information with Navajo patients. J Gen Intern Med (2000) 1.34
Surveys to assess satisfaction with end-of-life care: does timing matter? J Pain Symptom Manage (2003) 1.21
Palliative care research: issues and opportunities. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2004) 1.08
The effect of qualitative vs. quantitative presentation of probability estimates on patient decision-making: a randomized trial. Health Expect (2002) 1.07
Probabilistic thinking and intensive care: a world view. Crit Care Med (2004) 0.78
A communication strategy and brochure for relatives of patients dying in the ICU. N Engl J Med (2007) 10.13
Who should receive life support during a public health emergency? Using ethical principles to improve allocation decisions. Ann Intern Med (2009) 5.35
Association between acute care and critical illness hospitalization and cognitive function in older adults. JAMA (2010) 4.36
Epidemiologic study of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the elderly. N Engl J Med (2009) 4.23
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American College [corrected] of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med (2008) 3.85
Expanding the paradigm of the physician's role in surrogate decision-making: an empirically derived framework. Crit Care Med (2010) 3.54
The impact of health information on the Internet on health care and the physician-patient relationship: national U.S. survey among 1.050 U.S. physicians. J Med Internet Res (2003) 3.48
Missed opportunities during family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2005) 3.40
The impact of health information on the internet on the physician-patient relationship: patient perceptions. Arch Intern Med (2003) 3.35
Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased satisfaction. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.18
Clinician statements and family satisfaction with family conferences in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.08
Bioethics consultation in the private sector. Hastings Cent Rep (2002) 3.01
Prognostication during physician-family discussions about limiting life support in intensive care units. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.96
Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 2.94
An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 2.86
Quality of dying in the ICU: is it worse for patients admitted from the hospital ward compared to those admitted from the emergency department? Intensive Care Med (2014) 2.71
New ISSCR guidelines underscore major principles for responsible translational stem cell research. Cell Stem Cell (2008) 2.61
Decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for critically ill patients who lack both decision-making capacity and surrogate decision-makers. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.61
Toward shared decision making at the end of life in intensive care units: opportunities for improvement. Arch Intern Med (2007) 2.56
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2011: III. ARDS and ECMO, weaning, mechanical ventilation, noninvasive ventilation, pediatrics and miscellanea. Intensive Care Med (2012) 2.52
Models for structuring a clinical initiative to enhance palliative care in the intensive care unit: a report from the IPAL-ICU Project (Improving Palliative Care in the ICU). Crit Care Med (2010) 2.49
Seeking worldwide professional consensus on the principles of end-of-life care for the critically ill. The Consensus for Worldwide End-of-Life Practice for Patients in Intensive Care Units (WELPICUS) study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 2.46
Are physicians' recommendations to limit life support beneficial or burdensome? Bringing empirical data to the debate. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.46
Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.42
Evaluation of a standardized order form for the withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.42
Surrogate decision-makers' perspectives on discussing prognosis in the face of uncertainty. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 2.40
Refinement, scoring, and validation of the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU) survey. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.34
A measure of the quality of dying and death. Initial validation using after-death interviews with family members. J Pain Symptom Manage (2002) 2.33
Beyond mortality: future clinical research in acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 2.28
A phase II randomized placebo-controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids for the treatment of acute lung injury. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.27
"It's not just what the doctor tells me:" factors that influence surrogate decision-makers' perceptions of prognosis. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.25
Barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care communication for patients with COPD. Chest (2005) 2.23
Last-resort options for palliative sedation. Ann Intern Med (2009) 2.19
Using the medical record to evaluate the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.16
Management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.16
Patients' perspectives on physician skill in end-of-life care: differences between patients with COPD, cancer, and AIDS. Chest (2002) 2.12
Family satisfaction in the ICU: differences between families of survivors and nonsurvivors. Chest (2007) 2.08
An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: assessment and palliative management of dyspnea crisis. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2013) 2.08
Abandonment at the end of life from patient, caregiver, nurse, and physician perspectives: loss of continuity and lack of closure. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.03
Point: the ethics of unilateral "do not resuscitate" orders: the role of "informed assent". Chest (2007) 2.02
Choosing and using screening criteria for palliative care consultation in the ICU: a report from the Improving Palliative Care in the ICU (IPAL-ICU) Advisory Board. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.97
Integrating palliative and critical care: evaluation of a quality-improvement intervention. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 1.96
Effectiveness of screening examinations to detect unrecognized exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. J Pediatr (2002) 1.96
The roles and experiences of nonaffiliated and non-scientist members of institutional review boards. Acad Med (2003) 1.94
Studying communication about end-of-life care during the ICU family conference: development of a framework. J Crit Care (2002) 1.90
Using quality of life to predict hospitalization and mortality in patients with obstructive lung diseases. Chest (2002) 1.83
Medicine residents' self-perceived competence in end-of-life care. Acad Med (2009) 1.82
Comparing clinician ratings of the quality of palliative care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.81
Establishing an evidence base for physician-family communication and shared decision making in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.80
Integrating palliative care for liver transplant candidates: "too well for transplant, too sick for life". JAMA (2006) 1.80
Determinants of medical students' perceived preparation to perform end-of-life care, quality of end-of-life care education, and attitudes toward end-of-life care. J Palliat Med (2010) 1.79
Measuring and improving the quality of dying and death. Ann Intern Med (2003) 1.78
Strategies for culturally effective end-of-life care. Ann Intern Med (2002) 1.77
Inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of death and hospitalization: time-dependent analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2003) 1.77
Factors associated with nurse assessment of the quality of dying and death in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.77
Association of depression and life-sustaining treatment preferences in patients with COPD. Chest (2005) 1.77
Predictors of symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression in family members after patient death in the ICU. Chest (2009) 1.74
Hospital variation and temporal trends in palliative and end-of-life care in the ICU. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.70
Estimating the effect of palliative care interventions and advance care planning on ICU utilization: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.68
Families with limited English proficiency receive less information and support in interpreted intensive care unit family conferences. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.68
Clinical decision-making: Patients' preferences and experiences. Patient Educ Couns (2006) 1.67
A scenario-based, randomized trial of patient values and functional prognosis on intensivist intent to discuss withdrawing life support. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.66
Patient-centered communication: do patients really prefer it? J Gen Intern Med (2004) 1.63
Spiritual care of families in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.62
Withdrawing life support and resolution of conflict with families. BMJ (2002) 1.62
Discussing overall prognosis with the very elderly. N Engl J Med (2011) 1.60
Integrating palliative care in the surgical and trauma intensive care unit: a report from the Improving Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (IPAL-ICU) Project Advisory Board and the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.58
Development of an e-mail database of US intensive care physicians. J Crit Care (2007) 1.58