Collegian
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 101-118 , July 2009

Family presence during resuscitation and invasive procedures

  • Alister N. Hodge, RN, BN, Grad. Cert. Critical Care, Master of Emergency Nursing

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Services, Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospital, 19 Flora Street, Arncliffe 2205, Australia
    • Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 19 Flora Street, Arncliffe 2205, Australia. Tel.: +61 02 9881 8868/0407164918 (mobile); fax: +61 02 9881 8532.
    • ,
  • Andrea P. Marshall, RN, IC Cert., BN, MN (Research), Grad. Cert. Ed. Studies (Higher Ed.)

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (MO2), The University of Sydney, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 02 9351 0638; fax: +61 02 9351 0615.

Received 4 March 2008 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2009.04.003

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