Barriers to implementing a policy not to attempt resuscitation in acute medical admissions: Prospective, cross sectional study of a successive cohort

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7539, 2006, Pages 461-462

  Fidler, H ^a   Thompson, C ^b   Freeman, A ^b   Hogan, D ^b   Walker, G ^a   Weinman, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 33644753685     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38740.855914.BE     Document Type: Article

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