Shades of blue: The negotiation of limited codes by medical residents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 885-898

  Muller, Jessica H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

do not resuscitate orders; ethical dilemmas; limited codes; medical residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RESUSCITATION;

ACCOUNTABILITY; CASE STUDIES; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DISSENT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; FUTILITY; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SUFFERING; SURVEY; VALUES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEGOTIATING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0026525236     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90257-Q     Document Type: Article

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