Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 8 , Pages 982-986 , August 2010

Experiences of sudden cardiac arrest survivors regarding prognostication and advance care planning

  • Bonnie Lau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Tel.: +1 215 662 3920; fax: +1 215 349 5991.
    • ,
  • James N. Kirkpatrick

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Raina M. Merchant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Sarah M. Perman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Benjamin S. Abella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • David F. Gaieski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Lance B. Becker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Chris Chiames

      Affiliations

    • Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association, Washington, DC, United States
    • ,
  • Angelique M. Reitsma

      Affiliations

    • Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Received 8 January 2010 ,Revised 4 March 2010 ,Accepted 26 March 2010.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.03.031.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.03.031

Resuscitation
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