To resuscitate or not: A dilemma in terminal cancer care

Resuscitation

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-297

  Hinkka, Heikki ^a,b,e   Kosunen, Elise ^b   Metsänoja, Riina ^c   Lammi, Ulla Kaija ^b   Kellokumpu Lehtinen, Pirkko ^b,d  

^a Kangasala Health Centre   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Tampere University Hospital ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Do not resuscitate orders; Education; Ethics; Medical futility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RIGHT TO DIE; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0034950268     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00367-1     Document Type: Article

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