Preferences for CPR among the elderly: The influence of attitudes and values

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 625-630

  Hansdottir, Helga ^a,b   Gruman, Cynthia ^a   Curry, Leslie ^a   Judge, James O ^a  

^a Sjukrahus Reykjavikur ^*

^b Sjukrahus Reykjavikur   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034297259     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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