Do-not-resuscitate orders in the last days of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 751-759

  Bailey, F Amos ^a,b   Allen, Rebecca S ^c   Williams, Beverly R ^a,b   Goode, Patricia S ^a,b   Granstaff, Shanette ^a,c   Redden, David T ^a,d   Burgio, Kathryn L ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863802869     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0321     Document Type: Article

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