Comparison of medical and nursing attitudes to resuscitation and patient autonomy between a British and an American teaching hospital

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-424

  Mello, Michelle ^a,c   Jenkinson, Crispin ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Clinical ethics; CPR; Decision making; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FREEDOM; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032008102     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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