Addressing access to palliative care services in the surgical intensive care unit

Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 871-877

  Bradley, Ciarán ^a   Weaver, Jessica ^a   Brasel, Karen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77952320643     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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