Surgical "buy-in": the contractual relationship between surgeons and patients that influences decisions regarding life-supporting therapy.

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Published in Crit Care Med on March 01, 2010

Authors

Margaret L Schwarze1, Ciaran T Bradley, Karen J Brasel

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. schwarze@surgery.wisc.edu

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