Does a Living Will Equal a DNR? Are Living Wills Compromising Patient Safety?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Mirarchi, Ferdinando L ^a  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

code status; DNR; living will; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RESUSCITATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448942619     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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