Postmortem intubation training: Patient and family opinion

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1210-1216

  Hergenroeder, Georgene W ^a   Prator, Bettina C ^a,b   Chow, Alice F ^c   Powner, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

*teaching materials; Cadavers; Cross sectional studies; Education, medical *methods; Family health; Hospitals, teaching; Humans; Intubation *standards; Patient satisfaction; Teaching *methods; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 36649038147     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02936.x     Document Type: Article

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