Restricting CPR to patients who provide informed consent will not permit physicians to unilaterally refuse requested CPR.
Pope
Thaddeus Mason
TM
Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA. tmpope@widener.edu
D022561:Advanced Cardiac Life Support / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D018447:Medical Futility; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011379:Prognosis; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States