Compliance with do-not-resuscitate orders for hospitalized patients transported to radiology departments

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 801-805

  Heffner, John E ^a   Barbieri, Celia ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0032533190     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-10-199811150-00010     Document Type: Article

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