DNACPR decisions

Themes and variations: An exploratory international investigation into resuscitation decision-making☆

BACKGROUND Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions are made in hospitals throughout the globe. International variation in clinicians' perception of DNACPR decision-making and implementation and the factors influencing such variation has not previously been explored. METHODS A questionnaire asking how DNACPR decisions are made, communicated and perceived in their countr...

Variation in local trust Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) policies: a review of 48 English healthcare trusts

OBJECTIVES To explore Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) policies from English acute, community and ambulance service Trusts for evidence of consistency and variation in implementation of national guidelines between healthcare organisations. SETTING Acute, community or ambulance National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in England. PARTICIPANTS 48 NHS Trusts. INTERVENTIONS F...

Resuscitation policy should focus on the patient, not the decision

Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions are made commonly in healthcare but can be a source of ethical concern and legal challenge. They differ from other healthcare decisions because they are made in anticipation of a future event and concern withholding, rather than giving, a treatment. DNACPR decisions were introduced to protect patients from invasive treatments that ...

Decisions, decisions

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