Physician attitudes toward family-activated medical emergency teams for hospitalized children

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 187-192

  Paciotti, Breah ^a   Roberts, Kathryn E ^b   Tibbetts, Kathleen M ^c   Weirich, Christine Paine ^d   Keren, Ron ^e   Barg, Frances K ^a,e   Holmes, John H ^e   Bonafide, Christopher P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c GfK Healthcare   (United States)

^d CHOP   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84896967374     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(14)40024-2     Document Type: Article

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