Surgeon-Reported Conflict With Intensivists About Postoperative Goals of Care
JAMA SurgeryPublished 1 January 2013Open access
Terrah J. Paul Olson, Karen J. Brasel, Andrew Redmann, G. Caleb Alexander, Margaret L. Schwarze
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Surgeons regularly experience conflict with critical care clinicians about goals of care for patients with poor postoperative outcomes, and higher rates of conflict are associated with less experience and working in a closed intensive care unit.
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Surgeons regularly experience conflict with critical care clinicians about goals of care for patients with poor postoperative outcomes. Higher rates of conflict are associated with less experience and working in a closed intensive care unit.
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