An audit of "do not attempt resuscitation" decisions in two district general hospitals: Do current guidelines need changing?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 976, 2007, Pages 137-140

  Harris, Dylan ^a   Davies, Rachel ^b  

^a NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847370248     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.050260     Document Type: Article

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