Step-by-step guide to issues around DNACPR: A Q&A with experts from the Resuscitation Council UK, to help you navigate the complex decision-making associated with DNACPR recommendations, capacity and advance decisions to refuse treatment.

Authors :: Baldock, Catherine
Ruck Keene, Alex
Source :: Nursing Standard. Apr2023, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p8-9. 2p.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Resuscitation Council UK ReSPECT (Recommended summary plan for emergency care and treatment) clinical lead Catherine Baldock and legal adviser for the ReSPECT process Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) answer some of the questions most frequently asked about do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *DO-not-resuscitate orders -- Law & legislation
*PATIENT refusal of treatment laws
*CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation
*MEDICAL laws
*PATIENT decision making
*ADVANCE directives (Medical care)
*INFORMATION resources
*TERMS & phrases
*COMMUNICATION
*DECISION making in clinical medicine
*PATIENT-professional relations

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