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Resuscitation Policy Concerning Older Adults : Ethical Considerations of Paternalism Versus Autonomy Pamela B. Teaster Institute Virginia Polytechnic and State University The heated national debate health care ...
older persons who are seriously ill have similar rates of short- and long-term success of resuscitation attempts compared with younger patients.32,33 Long-term survival and functional status were worse ...
, Bilsky GS. Discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation with elderly rehabilitation patients: ethical and clinical considerations toward the formation of policy . Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1993;72:168-171 ...
. Although the ethics of DNR orders have been widely examined in the medical literature, little has been written about the ethics of partial resuscitation . This article explores the ethical implications ...
AssociationGuidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care: ethical considerations in resuscitation.JAMA.1992;268:2282-2288.TBeauchampJChildressPrinciples of Biomedical Ethics.New York, NY: Oxford ...
make certain staff members uncomfortable,and it raises several ethical considerations , specifically whether family consent is required. In 2002, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs ...
worse than death . J Clin Ethics . 1993;4:33-41. 40. Godkin MD, Toth EL. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and older adults expectations . Gerontologist . 1994;34:797-802.Crossref 41. Starr TJ, Pearlman RA ...
concerning are the deleterious consequences that occur when older adults with dementia are inadequately treated for pain—falls and compromised mobility, decreased immune response, mental health disorders ...
that might affect the prognosis; a P-value ...
Audit 2014 documented that 22,628 adult patients in UK hospitals received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defined as the receipt of chest compressions and/or defibrillation.1 Overall, the incidence ...
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