Patient and doctor attitudes and beliefs concerning perioperative do not resuscitate orders: Anesthesiologists' growing compliance with patient autonomy and self determination guidelines

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Burkle, Christopher M ^a   Swetz, Keith M ^a   Armstrong, Matthew H ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Do not resuscitate; Patient decisions choice; Perioperative medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESUSCITATION; SURGEON;

EID: 84872167493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-13-2     Document Type: Article

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