1999
The Stability of Preferences for Life-sustaining Care among Persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study
Weissman J, Haas J, Fowler F, Gatsonis C, Massagli M, Seage G, Cleary P. The Stability of Preferences for Life-sustaining Care among Persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study. Medical Decision Making 1999, 19: 16-26. PMID: 9917016, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x9901900103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-sustaining careCardiac resuscitationPatient preferencesBoston Health StudyPredictors of instabilityMedical record reviewLife-extending careSite of careHealth care providersHealth care settingsHypothetical health statesLife-extending treatmentsProgressive diseaseRecord reviewPhysical functionPatient surveyClinical severityEligible personsCare settingsCare providersHealth StudyPatientsHealth statusResuscitationCare
1993
Discussion of Preferences for Life-Sustaining Care by Persons With AIDS: Predictors of Failure in Patient-Physician Communication
Haas J, Weissman J, Cleary P, Goldberg J, Gatsonis C, Seage G, Fowler F, Massagli M, Makadon H, Epstein A. Discussion of Preferences for Life-Sustaining Care by Persons With AIDS: Predictors of Failure in Patient-Physician Communication. JAMA Internal Medicine 1993, 153: 1241-1248. DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1993.00410100067010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth maintenance organizationPatient-physician communicationLife-sustaining careStaff-model health maintenance organizationInternal medicine group practiceUse of zidovudineSeverity of illnessPredictors of failureLife-sustaining therapySite of careMajority of personsDiscussion of preferencesPrivate teaching hospitalNonwhite physiciansHospitalization statusAIDS clinicImmunodeficiency syndromePatient interviewsPatient preferencesTeaching hospitalPatient's desireResuscitationPatientsClinical decisionLogistic regressionDiscussion of preferences for life-sustaining care by persons with AIDS. Predictors of failure in patient-physician communication.
Haas J, Weissman J, Cleary P, Goldberg J, Gatsonis C, Seage G, Fowler F, Massagli M, Makadon H, Epstein A. Discussion of preferences for life-sustaining care by persons with AIDS. Predictors of failure in patient-physician communication. JAMA Internal Medicine 1993, 153: 1241-8. PMID: 8494476, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.153.10.1241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-sustaining careHealth maintenance organizationPatient-physician communicationStaff-model health maintenance organizationInternal medicine group practiceUse of zidovudineSeverity of illnessPredictors of failureLife-sustaining therapySite of careMajority of personsDiscussion of preferencesPrivate teaching hospitalNonwhite physiciansHospitalization statusAIDS clinicImmunodeficiency syndromePatient interviewsPatient preferencesTeaching hospitalPatient's desireResuscitationPatientsClinical decisionLogistic regression