Education and credentialing in respiratory care: Where are we and where should we be headed?

Respiratory Care Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 517-530

  Shelledy, David C ^a   Wiezalis, Carl P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NITROUS OXIDE;

ACCREDITATION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 25144504778     PISSN: 10785337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcc.2005.04.003     Document Type: Review

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