Evaluation of Patient, Physician, Nurse, and Family Attitudes Toward Do Not Resuscitate Orders

Medical Treatment Preferences of Nursing Home Residents: Relationship to Function and Concordance with Surrogate Decision‐Makers

“…A 90-bed, Veterans Affairs rehabilitation-oriented nursing home served as the study site. tus.9, 10,17,[19][20][21][22] Residents were eligible for study participation if they had resided in the nursing home for more than 1 month and if communication impairment did not preclude a verbal interview. There was no minimum cognitive status criterion restricting entry to the study.…”

Do‐not‐resuscitate orders – should the patient be informed?

“…The risk of inflicting anxiety or agony has been given as the main reason for not informing the patients [1,19]. In one study 30 % of the physicians felt uncomfortable discussing CPR with their patients [6]. But of 270 elderly outpatients asked whether they found it disturbing to answer questions relating to CPR, none said they did [16].…”

“…Studies indicate that most physicians in Britain believe that patients do not want to discuss DNR orders [3,4]. Many patients want to discuss resuscitation [5,6] and some do not [7]. Few, however, are involved in such a discussion, only 6 % of the patients according to one study [5].…”

Haemodialysis patients and end‐of‐life decisions: a theory of personal preservation

“…However, most patients prefer that family members make health care decisions for them when they are unable to do so (Lo et al 1986, Reilly 1990. Research suggests that family members can predict patients' treatment preferences better than health care providers can (Stolman et al 1990, Seckler et al 1991.…”