Dr. Pou and the Hurricane - Implications for patient care during disasters

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Okie, Susan ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTER; ELDERLY CARE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 38049004997     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0707917     Document Type: Article

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