Withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation: proposals for formal guidelines.
Working with members of the Royal London Trust and its medical council, Len Doyal and Daniel Wilsher have composed a set of guidelines governing the making of decisions to withhold resuscitation from patients. The guidelines describe the procedures that should be followed when giving orders for non-resuscitation and the clinical, legal, and moral criteria that should be satisfied before such orders are issued. The authors hope that these guidelines will be of help to those responsible for the creation of hospitals' policies for non-resuscitation.
Doyal
L
L
Joint Department of Human Science and Medical Ethics, London.
Wilsher
D
D
D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D033242:Minors; D009014:Morals; D033282:Parental Consent; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D040841:Resource Allocation; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D006113:United Kingdom; D028761:Withholding Treatment