Characteristics of patients who refuse do-not-resuscitate orders upon admission to an acute palliative care unit in a comprehensive cancer center

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3061-3070

  Parsons, Henrique A ^a   De La Cruz, Maxine J ^a   Zhukovsky, Donna S ^a   Hui, David ^a   Delgado Guay, Marvin O ^a   Akitoye, Adenike E ^a   El Osta, Badi ^a   Palmer, Lynn ^a   Palla, Shana L ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Neoplasms; Resuscitation orders; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DO NOT RESUSCITATE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954009305     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25045     Document Type: Article

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