title: Do not attempt resuscitation: patients and families must have a say.
abstract: Patients and their relatives have the right to be consulted before a do not attempt resuscitation notice (DNAR) is placed on file by a health professional (Tracey v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and others [2014]). Failing to do so is a breach of the patient's right to respect for a private and family life under the European Convention of Human Rights, article 8 (Council of Europe, 1950). In this article, the author sets out the steps nurses must take to ensure that DNAR notices placed on the file of their patients are lawful.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Do not attempt resuscitation; Duty to consult; Human rights