Intensive enough?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2124-2125

  Campbell, Victoria ^a  

^a NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84861714595     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1203772     Document Type: Editorial

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