The implications of dying cancer patients' talk on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and do-not-resuscitate orders

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 442-455

  Eliott, Jaklin A ^a   Olver, Ian N ^b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Cancer Council Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; CPR; Decision making; Discourse analysis; DNR orders; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34147130646     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307299198     Document Type: Article

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