A prospective trial of a new policy eliminating signed consent for do not resuscitate orders

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1261-1268

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a,b,c   Sood, Johanna R ^a   Texiera, Kenneth ^a   McAuley, Ruth L ^a   McGugins, Jennifer ^a   Ury, Wayne A ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Informed consent; Resuscitation orders; Resuscitation policies; Self efficacy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; NURSES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750511745     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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