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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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2008
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Bioethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 179-189 |
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Qualitative Analysis
B CPR B DNR decision-making B Bioethics B Family B Autonomy |
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