The physician as ambivalent samaritan: Will internists resuscitate victims of out-of-hospital emergencies?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 491-494

  Gross, Cary P ^a,d   Reisman, Anna B ^b   Schwartz, Mark D ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Ethics; Good Samaritan laws; Internists; Medical emergency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; RESUSCITATION; THORAX PAIN;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GOOD SAMARITANISM; NEW YORK CITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE;

EID: 0031950075     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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