Resuscitation policy should focus on the patient, not the decision

The BMJ

Volumn 356, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Fritz, Zoë ^a,b   Slowther, Anne Marie ^a   Perkins, Gavin D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ARTICLE; DECIDING RIGHT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DO NOT ATTEMPT CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ORDER FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; POLICY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT ESCALATION PLANS; UNIVERSAL FORM OF TREATMENT OPTION; UNWELL AND POTENTIALLY DETERIORATING PATIENT PLAN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHICS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONSENT FORMS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RESUSCITATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85014134834     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j813     Document Type: Article

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