Impediments to Writing Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
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Impediments to writing do-not-resuscitate orders.
BACKGROUND Physicians are frequently unaware of their patients' desires regarding end-of-life care. Consequently, opportunities to implement do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are often missed. OBJECTIVE To determine the reasons attending physicians do not write DNR orders when patients face increased mortality. METHODS Over 4 months, the medical records of all inpatients on the General Medici...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.18.2213