Prevalence of 'do not attempt resuscitation' orders and living wills among patients suffering cardiac arrest in four secondary hospitals

Resuscitation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Skrifvars, M B ^a   Hilden, H M ^b   Finne, P ^a   Rosenberg, P H ^a   Castren M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Do not resuscitate orders; Medical futility; Utstein template

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SENESCENCE; TERMINAL DISEASE; WARD;

EID: 0038303764     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00109-6     Document Type: Article

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