European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 10. The ethics of resuscitation and end-of-life decisions

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1445-1451

  Lippert, Freddy K ^a   Raffay, Violetta ^b   Georgiou, Marios ^c   Steen, Petter A ^d   Bossaert, Leo ^e  

^a The Capital Region of Denmark   (Denmark)

^b Municipal Institute for Emergency Medicine Novi Sad   (Serbia)

^c NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; DEATH EDUCATION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78649934400     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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