Practicing procedures on the recently dead

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 949-952

  Denny, Christopher J ^a   Kollek, Daniel ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Endotracheal intubation; Ethics; Recently deceased; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032703892     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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