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Do not resuscitate: Lawful or unlawful?
- Source :
- Medicine, Science and the Law. 62:144-148
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- When is it lawful not to resuscitate and when is it unlawful? What is the meaning of mental capacity on the part of the patient and what is meant by patient autonomy? What is the extent of clinical discretion in decisions not to resuscitate? Does the presumption in favour of life still obtain? What about the risks in cardiopulmonary resuscitation? What have the judges decided about decisions not to resuscitate, and what is the contemporary role of the doctor in this area? Is there any need for change or reform?
- Subjects :
- Resuscitation
medicine.medical_treatment
media_common.quotation_subject
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030502 gerontology
Political science
Mental capacity
medicine
Humans
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Meaning (existential)
Resuscitation Orders
media_common
Jurisprudence
Withholding Treatment
Health Policy
Presumption
Do not resuscitate
General Medicine
Discretion
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Patient Rights
Patient autonomy
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Law
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20421818 and 00258024
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medicine, Science and the Law
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....31a456816d311992d12efefe293f8f2a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00258024211032799