Would physicians override a do-not-resuscitate order when a cardiac arrest is iatrogenic?
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 14 (1) , 35-38
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00278.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether physicians would be more likely to override a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order when a hypothetical cardiac arrest is iatrogenic. DESIGN:Mailed survey of 358 practicing...Keywords
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