Citation

Quinlan JJ, Cook WA. CMAJ 1996; 154(6): 887-888.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Canadian Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8634966

PMCID

PMC1487799

Abstract

Few issues raise more questions for physicians than the resuscitation of seriously ill patients. In the following exchange of letters, Dr. John Quinlan discusses two difficult cases involving patient resuscitation, while Dr. William Cook responds by referring to the Joint Statement on Resuscitative Interventions that was approved last year by the CMA and several other health care organizations.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Aged; Canadian Bar Association; Canadian Healthcare Association; Canadian Medical Association; Canadian Nurses Association; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Catholic Health Association of Canada; Coma; Consensus; Death and Euthanasia; Ethics, Medical; Heart Arrest; Humans; Male; Palliative Care; Postoperative Complications; Social Values; Suicide, Attempted; Uncertainty