Patient delay in calling for help: The weakest link in the chain of survival?

Heart

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-122

  Penny, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034763510     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.85.2.121     Document Type: Editorial

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