Ethical issues in adult resuscitation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2 PART 2, 1993, Pages 495-501

  Crimmins, Timothy J ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CPR; ethics; futility; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMMUNITY SERVICES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DETERMINATION OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; FUTILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN RIGHTS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; RISK; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; AGED; FAMILY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; REVIEW; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; AUTONOMY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMMUNITY SERVICES; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DETERMINATION OF DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; FUTILITY; JUSTICE; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ALTRUISM; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; BENEFICENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FREEDOM; GUIDELINES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILLS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; RECORDS; RESUSCITATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RISK; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIETIES; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0027512254     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)80483-4     Document Type: Article

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