Quality of life of Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) patients: How good are physicians in assessing DNR patients' quality of life?

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 39-40, 2002, Pages 562-565

  Junod Perron, Noëlle ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^b   De Torrenté, Antoine ^a  

^a Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNR; Patient physician agreement; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037010511     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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