Do not attempt resuscitation decisions in a cancer centre: addressing difficult ethical and communication issues

Talking to patients about ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ decisions is difficult for many doctors. Communication about ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ decisions should occur as part of a wider discussion of treatment goals at an earlier stage in the patient's illness. A doctor should not initiate...

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Autores principales: Reid, C, Jeffrey, D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2002
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Clinical
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11953848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600205
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description Talking to patients about ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ decisions is difficult for many doctors. Communication about ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ decisions should occur as part of a wider discussion of treatment goals at an earlier stage in the patient's illness. A doctor should not initiate any treatment, including cardio-pulmonary resuscitation if he/she does not believe it will benefit the patient. An ethical framework is offered which may be of practical help in clarifying decision-making. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 86, 1057–1060. DOI: 10.1038/sj/bjc/6600205 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK
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spelling pubmed-23641832009-09-10 Do not attempt resuscitation decisions in a cancer centre: addressing difficult ethical and communication issues Reid, C Jeffrey, D Br J Cancer Clinical Talking to patients about ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ decisions is difficult for many doctors. Communication about ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ decisions should occur as part of a wider discussion of treatment goals at an earlier stage in the patient's illness. A doctor should not initiate any treatment, including cardio-pulmonary resuscitation if he/she does not believe it will benefit the patient. An ethical framework is offered which may be of practical help in clarifying decision-making. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 86, 1057–1060. DOI: 10.1038/sj/bjc/6600205 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK Nature Publishing Group 2002-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2364183/ /pubmed/11953848 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600205 Text en Copyright © 2002 Cancer Research UK https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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