Field termination of unsuccessful out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: Acceptance by family members

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 649-654

  Delbridge, T R ^a   Fosnocht, D E ^a   Garrison, H G ^a   Auble, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029990415     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70170-1     Document Type: Article

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