Family member presence in the pediatric emergency department

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 294-298

  Eppich, Walter J ^a,b   Arnold, Linda D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CANNULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VEIN PUNCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FAMILY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 0037614684     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200306000-00012     Document Type: Review

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