End-of-life issues and the do-not-resuscitate order: Who gives the order and what influences the decision?

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 683-686

  Karnik, Ashok M ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0036202393     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.3.683     Document Type: Editorial

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