Potential impact of a verbal prehospital DNR policy

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-172

  Grudzen, Corita R ^a   Koenig, William J ^b   Hoffman, Jerome R ^a   Boscardin, W John ^c   Lorenz, Karl A ^d   Asch, Steven M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Ethics; Palliative care; Prehospital care; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HOME; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 70350678850     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802471923     Document Type: Article

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