Attitudes towards do-not-resuscitate decisions: Differences among health professionals in a Portuguese hospital

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 555-558

  Granja, C ^a   Teixeira Pinto, A ^b   Costa Pereira, A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Do not resuscitate orders; Ethics; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0035088930     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340100852     Document Type: Article

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