Concealing accidental nursing home deaths

HEC Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 224-234

  Miles, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; REVIEW; STRANGULATION;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACCIDENTS; AGED; ANECDOTES; DECEPTION; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036742472     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020572929788     Document Type: Review

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