Continuity of do-not resuscitate orders between hospital and nursing home settings

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-469

  Ghusn, Husam F ^a,b   Teasdale, Thomas A ^a,b   Jordan, Darlene ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT RIGHT; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030929669     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05172.x     Document Type: Article

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