European nursing organizations stand up for family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A joint position statement

Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-139

  Moons, Philip ^a,b   Norekvål, Tone M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, NURSING; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 58149235628     PISSN: 08897204     EISSN: 17517117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7117.2008.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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