Ethics Committees at Work: Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the Operating Room: The Birth of a Policy
The question of whether Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders should be sustained in the operating room was brought to our ethics committee by a pulmonologist and involved one of his patients for whom he serves as a primary care physician. His patient, a woman with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD)...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1995, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-110 |
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| Summary: | The question of whether Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders should be sustained in the operating room was brought to our ethics committee by a pulmonologist and involved one of his patients for whom he serves as a primary care physician. His patient, a woman with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) was electing, for comfort purposes, to have a hip pinning following a fracture. At the same time, she wished to have a DNR order covering her entire hospital stay. The anesthesiologist described her direction as “improper” and refused to participate in surgical procedures if DNR orders extended to the operating room. The patient refused to rescind the order during surgery. As a result, the surgery was canceled to the great chagrin of the patient. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100005739 |