Geriatric and palliative care

Article indépendant | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | n°5 Suppl 1 | vol.237

Retrospective review of trauma ICU patients w...

Article indépendant | ROTUNDO, Erica | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | n°2 | vol.235

Background: Older trauma patients present with poor preinjury functional status and more comorbidities. Advances in care have increased the chance of survival from previously fatal injuries with many left debilitated with chronic ...

Was it worth it? : critical evaluation of a n...

Article indépendant | COHEN, Joshua T. | Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Background: Patient selection for palliative surgery is complex and appropriate outcome measures are incompletely defined. We explored the usefulness of a specific outcome measure "was it worth it" in patients following palliative...

Shared decision making and the role of matern...

Article indépendant | VAUGHAN, Leigh M. | Journal of the American College of Surgeons

We explore the spectrum of shared decision making, specifically the idea of maternalism, which combines patient or surrogate preferences and goals with the clinician's responsibility to provide care within the boundaries of accept...