Looking beyond the Tip of a Tusk: Balancing the Evidence in Prognosis-related Communication

Rebecca A Aslakson^{1

2

3}, Mary Catherine Beach^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland.
² 2 Department of Health, Behavior, and Society The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland.
³ 3 Palliative Care Program The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ 4 Department of Health Policy and Management The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland and.
⁵ 5 The Berman Institute of Bioethics The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland.

Comment

Rebecca A Aslakson et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017.

. 2017 Oct 1;196(7):803-804.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201704-0851ED.

Rebecca A Aslakson^{1

2

3}, Mary Catherine Beach^{4

5}

¹ 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland.
² 2 Department of Health, Behavior, and Society The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland.
³ 3 Palliative Care Program The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ 4 Department of Health Policy and Management The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland and.
⁵ 5 The Berman Institute of Bioethics The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland.

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The Voice of Surrogate Decision-Makers. Family Responses to Prognostic Information in Chronic Critical Illness.
Nelson JE, Hanson LC, Keller KL, Carson SS, Cox CE, Tulsky JA, White DB, Chai EJ, Weiss SP, Danis M. Nelson JE, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Oct 1;196(7):864-872. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0201OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017. PMID: 28387538 Free PMC article.