Experience with a hospital policy on not offering cardiopulmonary resuscitation when believed more harmful than beneficial

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 173-177

  Courtwright, Andrew M ^a,b   Brackett, Sharon ^a   Cadge, Wendy ^c   Krakauer, Eric L ^a   Robinson, Ellen M ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Do not resuscitate; End of life; Ethics consultation; Medical ethics; Medical futility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOETHICS; CONFLICT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84920603299     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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