Family witness resuscitation. Allow or deny? Which is true?

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 653-654

  Ersoy, Gurkan ^a   Yanturali, Sedat ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Family presence; Family witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Witnessed resuscitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744933454     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.02.005     Document Type: Note

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