Resuscitation decisions in Irish long-stay units

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-425

  O'Brien, M ^a   O'Keeffe, S T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aged; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Long term care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 79960928931     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-009-0285-9     Document Type: Article

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