title: Should patients at the end of life be given the option of receiving CPR?
abstract: This articles debates whether the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by healthcare professionals in situations when it is unlikely to be successful feeds an unhealthy appetite to intervene just because it is possible. It explores the problem of offering patients and relatives the choice about CPR at the end of life when it is likely to be unsuccessful.
authors.affiliation: St Nicholas Hospice, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
authors.forename: Madeline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bass
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D028761:Withholding Treatment