Managing do-not-resuscitate orders in the perianesthesia period

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 300-307

  Guarisco, Kristen K ^a  

^a LA 70001 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COURT; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 4944263636     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1089-9472(04)00288-6     Document Type: Article

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