Do-not-resuscitate orders and withheld or withdrawn treatment

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Konigova R ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Do not resuscitate orders; Ethical principles; Futile treatment; Informed patient consent; Medical ethics; Patient self determination act; Prediction rules; Prognostic prediction; Withheld or withdrawn treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; TEAMWORK;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BURNS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISEASE; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029748638     PISSN: 03230414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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