Relatives in the resuscitation room: Their point of view

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-111

  Barratt, F ^a,b   Wallis, D N ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Relatives; Resuscitation room

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 0031915781     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.2.109     Document Type: Review

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