"Do-not-resuscitate" orders in patients with cancer at a children's hospital in Taiwan

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 194-196

  Jaing, Tang Her ^a   Tsay, Pei Kwei ^a   Fang, En Chen ^a   Yang, Shu Ho ^a   Chen, Shih Hsiang ^a   Yang, Chao Ping ^a   Hung, Iou Jih ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 34147214785     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.016360     Document Type: Article

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