The introduction and auditing of a formal do not resuscitate policy

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1033, 1996, Pages 424-428

  Taylor, E M ^a   Parker, S ^a   Ramsay, M P ^b   Peart, N S ^c  

^a Anaesthetics and Intensive Care ^*

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0030575730     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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