Attitudes of ED staff to the presence of family during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A Trinidad and Tobago perspective

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 817-820

  Mahabir, Dhiyan ^a   Sammy, Ian ^b  

^a San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; STRESS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 84867231800     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200742     Document Type: Article

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