Personal preferences regarding family member presence during resuscitation

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 750-753

  Benjamin, Marny ^a,b   Holger, Joel ^a   Carr, Mary ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ethics; family presence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 3042604494     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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