Nurses' and Doctors' Perspectives on Slow Codes

The aim of this study was to ascertain nurses' and doctors' perspectives on the practice of slow codes, which are cardiopulmonary resuscitative efforts that are intentionally performed too slowly for resuscitation to occur. A Heideggerian phenomenological study was conducted in 2005, durin...

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Main Author: Kelly, Jacinta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2008
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 110-120
Further subjects:B Decision Making
B slow codes
B cardiopulmonary resuscitation
B Ethical principles
B do not resuscitate
B end-of-life care
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