How far do you go? Intensive care in a resource-poor setting

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-9

  Eyssallenne, Antonia P ^a,b  

^a Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare   (Haïti)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MORPHINE;

ASSISTED VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 84863533832     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1201108     Document Type: Article

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