Emergency physicians and death certificates
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Death Notification in the Emergency Department: Survivors and Physicians
When patients die in the emergency department (ED), emergency physicians (EP) must disclose the bad news to family members. The death is often unexpected and the act of notification can be difficult. Many EPs have not been trained in the skill of communicating death to family members. This article reviews the available literature regarding ED death notification training and proposes future dire...
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عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/s148180350000573x