Is the doctor in? Views on the deployment of intensivists from both sides of the Atlantic

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 696-697

  Mancebo, Jordi ^a   Hall, Jesse ^b  

^a Hospital de St Pau   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WELLBEING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 84859509890     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201201-0149ED     Document Type: Editorial

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