Unexpected intraoperative patient death: The imperatives of family- and surgeon-centered care

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-92

  Taylor, Dan ^a,b   Hassan, Moustafa A ^a   Luterman, Arnold ^a   Rodning, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Universety of South Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPATHY; FAMILY COPING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HONESTY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL STRESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 38549152430     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2007.27     Document Type: Review

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