Paramedics organizational culture and their care for relatives of cardiac arrest victims

Resuscitation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Steen, Eldri ^a   Næss, Anne Cathrine ^b   Steen, Petter Andreas ^c  

^a WORK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Center for Medical Ethics   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Heart arrest; Organizational culture; Paramedics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTION; EXHAUSTION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031046102     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(96)01045-3     Document Type: Article

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