Critical care delivery in intensive care units in India: Defining the functions, roles and responsibilities of a consultant intensivist - Recommendations of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine Committee on Defining the Functions, Roles and Responsibilities of a Consultant intensivist Members

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-63

  Divatia, J V ^a   Baronia, A K ^a   Bhagwati, A ^a   Chawla, R ^a   Iyer, S ^a   Jani, C K ^a   Joad, S ^a   Kamat, V ^a   Kapadia, F ^a   Mehta, Y ^a   Myatra, S N ^a   Nagarkar, S ^a   Nayyar, V ^a   Padhy, S ^a   Rajagopalan, R ^a   Ramakrishnan, N ^a   Ray, B ^a   Sahu, S ^a   Sampath, S ^a   Todi, S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 33646534650     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/ijccm-10-1-53     Document Type: Article

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