DNACPR decisions: Challenging and changing practice in the wake of the tracey judgment

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 571-576

  Fritz, Zoë ^a,b   Cork, Nick ^c   Dodd, Alex ^c   Malyon, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DNACPR; European convention on human rights; Medical ethics and law; Resuscitation orders; Tracey judgment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL DISEASE; ETHICS; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84914708434     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-571     Document Type: Article

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