Emergency clinicians' attitudes and decisions in patient scenarios involving advance directives

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 720-724

  Wong, Rebecca E ^a   Weiland, Tracey J ^a   Jelinek, George A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMENCING FULL TREATMENT; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INJURY; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALASIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 84865260670     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200287     Document Type: Article

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