TRIAD III: Nationwide assessment of living wills and do not resuscitate orders

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 511-520

  Mirarchi, Ferdinando L ^a   Costello, Erin ^a   Puller, Justin ^a   Cooney, Timothy ^a   Kottkamp, Nathan ^a  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

code status; DNR; interpretation; living will; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; PATIENT SAFETY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 84861098224     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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