title: Restricting CPR to patients who provide informed consent will not permit physicians to unilaterally refuse requested CPR.
authors.affiliation: Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA. tmpope@widener.edu
authors.forename: Thaddeus Mason
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pope
mesh_terms: 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