The cardiopulmonary resuscitation-not-indicated order: Futility revisited

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 304-308

  Waisel, David B ^a,b   Truog, Robert D ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; ETHICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0028815752     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-4-199502150-00011     Document Type: Review

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