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A comparative study on decision and documentation of refraining from resuscitation in two medical home care units in Sweden

BACKGROUND: A decision to refrain from cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the case of cardiac arrest is recommended in terminally ill patients to avoid unnecessary suffering at time of death. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of decisions and documentation of “do not attempt ca...

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Autores principales: Sterpu, Bogdan, Lindman, Pia, Björkhem-Bergman, Linda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31623585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0472-z