Point: The ethics of unilateral "do not resuscitate" orders - The role of "informed assent"

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 748-751

  Curtis, J Randall ^a   Burt, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NOTE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 35448937221     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0745     Document Type: Editorial

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