CHOOSING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH: PATIENT AND FAMILY PERCEPTIONS OF THE DECISION NOT TO RESUSCITATE THE TERMINALLY ILL CANCER PATIENT

In keeping with the pre-eminent status accorded autonomy within Australia, Europe, and the United States, medical practice requires that patients authorize do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, intended to countermand the default practice in hospitals of instituting cardiopulmonary-resuscitation (CPR) on...

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Authors: Eliott, Jaklin (Author) ; Olver, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
In: Bioethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 179-189
Further subjects:B Qualitative Analysis
B CPR
B DNR decision-making
B Bioethics
B Family
B Autonomy
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