Pre-printed 'Do Not Attempt Resuscitation' forms improve documentation?

Resuscitation

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Castle, Nick ^a,b   Owen, Robert ^b   Kenward, Gary ^a   Ineson, N ^a,c  

^a FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c Royal Defence Medical College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR); Patient involvement; Pre printed form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0142059064     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00176-X     Document Type: Article

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