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'Do not attempt resuscitation' and 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation' in an inpatient setting: factors influencing physicians' decisions in Switzerland |
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Published in | Gerontology. 2011, vol. 57, no. 5, p. 414-21 | |
Abstract | To determine the prevalence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders, to define factors associated with CPR/DNAR orders and to explore how physicians make and document these decisions. | |
Keywords | Adult — Aged — Attitude to Death — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/ethics/psychology — Critical Illness/psychology — Decision Making/ethics — Ethics Committees, Clinical/statistics & numerical data — Female — Hospitals, Teaching — Humans — Inpatients/psychology — Male — Medical Futility/ethics/legislation & jurisprudence/psychology — Middle Aged — Physicians/psychology — Prognosis — Quality of Life/psychology — Resuscitation Orders/ethics/legislation & jurisprudence/psychology — Switzerland | |
Identifiers | DOI: 10.1159/000319422 PMID: 21099190 | |
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Research groups | Ethique biomédicale (783) Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz (23) Le Secret médical (676) | |
Citation (ISO format) | BECERRA, Maria-Elisa et al. 'Do not attempt resuscitation' and 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation' in an inpatient setting: factors influencing physicians' decisions in Switzerland. In: Gerontology, 2011, vol. 57, n° 5, p. 414-21. doi: 10.1159/000319422 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:24760 |