Beliefs and attitudes of nurses and physicians about do not resuscitate orders and who should speak to patients and families about them

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1817-1822

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a,b   He, M Kai ^a   McAuley, Ruth ^c   Ury, Wayne A ^d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Confidence; Do not resuscitate; Ethics; House officers; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXPERIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAFF NURSE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CUSTODY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 45149110189     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31817c79fe     Document Type: Article

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