Compliance with DNR policy in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2149-2153

  Gouda, Alaa ^a   Al Jabbary, Ahmad ^a   Fong, Lian ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DNR documentation; End of life practices; Ethics; Life support care; Withholding or withdrawing treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DO NOT RESUSCITATE POLICY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649318629     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1985-3     Document Type: Article

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