Why do patients agree to a "do not resuscitate" or "full code" order? Perspectives of medical inpatients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 582-587

  Downar, James ^a   Luk, Tracy ^a   Sibbald, Robert W ^b   Santini, Tatiana ^c   Mikhael, Joseph ^d   Berman, Hershl ^a   Hawryluck, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FULL CODE ORDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 79958272025     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1616-2     Document Type: Review

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