Marginally effective medical care: ethical analysis of issues in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Outcomes from cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) remain distressingly poor. Overuse of CPR is attributable to unrealistic expectations, unintended consequences of existing policies and failure to honour patient refusal of CPR. We analyzed the CPR outcomes literature using the bioethical principles...
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BMJ Publ.
1997
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 23, Issue: 6, Pages: 361-367 |
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