How should physicians decide to resuscitate a patient?

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Author/s: Hanson, Stephen (S);

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Publication Type: Comment; Letter

Journal: American family physician (Am Fam Physician), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2004-May; vol 69 (issue 10) : pp 2322

Dates: Created 2004/05/31; Completed 2004/06/29; Revised 2006/03/14;

PMID: 15168955, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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CommentOn: Am Fam Physician. 2003 May 1;67(9):2025-6, 2028. (PMID: 12751667)

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Humans
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology
Resuscitation Orders - ethics

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