Palliative Emergency Medicine: Resuscitating Comfort Care?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-105

  Beemath, Afzal ^a   Zalenski, Robert J ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hospice of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESUSCITATION;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPECIALISM;

EID: 67449093564     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.02.011     Document Type: Editorial

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