Compliance with the law and appropriate medical standards during interhospital transfers

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 770-776

  Bullard, Michael J ^a   Liaw, Shuumn Jen ^b   Chen, Jih Chang ^b   Hu, Pai Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compliance; Critically ill injured; Interhospital transfers; Medical regulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TAIWAN; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032408128     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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