title: Resuscitation: respecting the wishes of the individual.
abstract: This article briefly reviews the importance of patients, whenever appropriate, being invited to share in the decision-making connected with resuscitation status. It is also relevant for health-care professionals to consider the extent to which their own unresolved feelings about death may shape their approach to this topic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Speck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012151:Resuscitation