Nurses' and doctors' perspectives on slow codes

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-120

  Kelly, Jacinta ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Decision making; Do not resuscitate; End of life care; Ethical principles; Slow codes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIVING WILL; NURSE; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PHYSICIAN; RESUSCITATION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; IRELAND; NURSES; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 40549104165     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007084164     Document Type: Article

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