The resuscitation game continues: What is really going on?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1009, 2009, Pages 561-563

  Doyal, Len ^a   Doyal, Lesley ^b   Sokol, Daniel ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNICATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 73249148639     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.091538     Document Type: Editorial

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