Usage of do-not-attempt-to-resuscitate orders in a Swedish community hospital – patient involvement, documentation and compliance

Usage of do-not-attempt-to-resuscitate orders in a Swedish community hospital – patient involvement, documentation and compliance

Abstract Background To characterize patients dying in a community hospital with or without attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to describe patient involvement in, documentation of, and compliance with decisions on resuscitation (Do-not-attempt-to-resuscitate orders; DNAR). Methods All...

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Main Authors: Emilie Bertilsson, Birgitta Semark, Kristina Schildmeijer, Anders Bremer, Jörg Carlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Subjects:
CPR
DNAR order
Informed consent
Ethics
Autonomy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-020-00510-5

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