The "do not resuscitate" order; clinical and ethical rationale and implications

Medicine and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-633

  Cotler, Miriam Piven ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Consent; Decision making; DNR policies; Ethics; Forgoing; Treatment goals; Values

Indexed keywords

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0033650441     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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