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Palliative care resuscitation

Title
Palliative care resuscitation / Madeline Bass.
Author
Bass, Madeline.
Publication
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2006], ©2006.

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Description
viii, 151 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Palliative treatment
  • Terminal care
  • Resuscitation
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Advance Directives
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Nurse's Role
  • Palliative Care > methods
  • Resuscitation Orders > ethics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-147) and index.
Contents
The history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- CPR versus active treatment in palliative care -- Resuscitation guidelines, success and futility, and medical paternalism -- Cultural and religious influences, including the "sick role", on healthcare and resuscitation decisions -- The role of the nurse, and the nurse-doctor-patient relationship in resuscitation decisions -- Making resuscitation decisions : involving patients and their family carers -- Hope in patients who are palliative and have had a DNAR order made -- The law and ethics surrounding resuscitation -- Resuscitation in the community -- The future of resuscitation.
ISBN
0470019778 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2006008577
  • 9780470019771
OCLC
  • ocm64761016
  • SCSB-5278929
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries