Academic emergency physicians' experiences with patient death

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Strote, Jared ^a   Schroeder, Erika ^b   Lemos, John ^c   Paganelli, Ryan ^d   Solberg, Jonathan ^e   Hutson, H Range ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GUILT; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDITATION; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELIGION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79952715745     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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