Do-not-resuscitate orders for terminal patients with cancer in teaching hospitals of Korea

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1153-1158

  Kim, Do Yeun ^a   Lee, Kyoung Eun ^b   Nam, Eun Mi ^b   Lee, Hye Ran ^c   Lee, Keun Wook ^d   Kim, Jee Hyun ^d   Lee, Jong Seok ^d   Lee, Soon Nam ^b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; TIME OF DEATH;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 35948946880     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0264     Document Type: Article

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