title: Legal warning about CPR decisions based on age.
abstract: Clinicians who base decisions about whether to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a patient's age or disability may be acting unlawfully, new guidance states.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006113:United Kingdom