Caring for a major government official: Challenges and lessons learned

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1769-1772

  Weiss, Yoram G ^a   Mor Yosef, Shlomo ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^a   Weissman, Charles ^a   Weiss, Yuval ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coordinating intensivist; Critical care; Dignitary; Medical information; Security

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34250886907     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000269937.91957.44     Document Type: Article

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