Regulating Hearts and Minds: The Mismatch of Law, Custom, and Resuscitation Decisions

Physicians in Washington do not generally know how to provide patients with effective orders against resuscitation when the patient is at home. Within a year, virtually all people who are sick enough to die could have a useful, available, and well-documented advance care plan, in Washington and, for...

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Published in:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2003-10, Vol.51 (10), p.1502-1503
Main Authors: Lynn MD, MA, MS, Joanne, Gregory, Cria O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advance directives
Bioethics
Do not resuscitate orders
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency services
Health professionals
Home health care
Humans
Implementation
Legislation
Physicians
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Resuscitation Orders
Right to die
USA
Washington
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Summary:Physicians in Washington do not generally know how to provide patients with effective orders against resuscitation when the patient is at home. Within a year, virtually all people who are sick enough to die could have a useful, available, and well-documented advance care plan, in Washington and, for that matter, everywhere else.
ISSN:0002-8614
1532-5415
DOI:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51474.x