Developing a Policy for do not resuscitate orders Within a Framework of goals of care

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Kaldjian, Lauris C ^a,b,c   Broderick, Ann ^a,c,d  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d Palliative Care Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POLICY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POLICY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 78651238078     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37002-x     Document Type: Article

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