Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 192-198 , November 2005

Nurses' beliefs about family presence during resuscitation

  • Allison Knott, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, GA 30078, USA
    • Tel.: +1 770 979 1460 (Home), +1 678 442 4357 (Work); fax: +1 770 979 1460.
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  • Carolyn C. Kee, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30340, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 770 939 8784, + 1 404 651 1582; fax: +1 404 651 3231.

Received 7 February 2004 ,Revised 4 September 2004

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PII: S0897-1897(05)00065-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.07.002

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 192-198 , November 2005

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