Should relatives of patients with cardiac arrest be invited to be present during cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 288-293

  Offord, Rebecca J ^a,b  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 0032234908     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(98)80690-3     Document Type: Article

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