The decision to resuscitate: Older people's views

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 753-761

  Phillips, Karen ^a  

^a St Lawrences Hospital Bodmin   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Older people; Patient participation; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0033222886     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00298.x     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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2. American Heart Association Committees on Emergency Cardiac Care and Subcommittees (1974) Standards for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiac care (ECC). V. Medico-legal considerations and recommendations. Journal of the American Medical Association 227(7), 864-868.
3. Biley F.C. (1989) Treatment and care: patient participation decision making. Senior Nurse 9(10), 23-24.
4. BMA • RCN (1993) Statement on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. British Medical Association/Royal College of Nursing, London.