Do not attempt resuscitation orders: The role of clinical governance

Clinical Governance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Samanta, Ash ^a   Samanta, Jo ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Ethics; Patient care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 50449090772     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270810892638     Document Type: Review

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