POLST registry do-not-resuscitate orders and other patient treatment preferences

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-35

  Fromme, Erik K ^a   Zive, Dana ^b   Schmidt, Terri A ^b   Olszewski, Elizabeth ^b   Tolle, Susan W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84855396861     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1956     Document Type: Article

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