Do not resuscitate policies in midwestern hospitals: a five-state survey

Hospitals in five midwestern states were surveyed regarding the presence or current development of formal Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) policies in their institutions. Responses were received from 76 percent of 986 institutions; 35.5 percent of respondents reported having DNR policies and another 24.4 pe...

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Published in:Health services research 1986-02, Vol.20 (6 Pt 2), p.949-960
Main Authors: Mozdzierz, G J, Schlesinger, S E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Cardiovascular services
Central service department
Ethics
Ethics Committees, Clinical
Ethics, Institutional
Government regulation
Health care industry
Hospital Administration
Hospital services
Hospitals
Hospitals - standards
Hospitals, Public - standards
Hospitals, Veterans - standards
Humans
Laws, regulations and rules
Policies
Policy Making
Professional Staff Committees
Resuscitation
Resuscitation - standards
Statistical analysis
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Terminal care
United States
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Summary:Hospitals in five midwestern states were surveyed regarding the presence or current development of formal Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) policies in their institutions. Responses were received from 76 percent of 986 institutions; 35.5 percent of respondents reported having DNR policies and another 24.4 percent of the institutions reported being in the process of developing such policies. 38.1 percent of respondents had ethics committees. Two variables were associated with the presence or development of DNR policies in respondent institutions: institutional size and the existence of an ethics committee. The results are discussed in terms of the need for further research in this area and in terms of recommendations and findings of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
ISSN:0017-9124
1475-6773