Societal opinions regarding CPR

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-211

  Marco, Catherine A ^a   Schears, Raquel M ^b  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Cardiac arrest; Futility; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESUSCITATION; SOCIETY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036255382     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.32626     Document Type: Article

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