The rapid response system and end-of-life care

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 616-623

  Jones, Daryl ^a   Moran, Juli ^a   Winters, Bradford ^b   Welch, John ^c,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

do not resuscitate; end of life care; not for resuscitation; palliation; rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DO NOT RESUSCITATE; DYING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84888206109     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283636be2     Document Type: Review

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