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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other life supporting measures in elderly patients — attitudes of psychiatrists and geriatricians
Author(s)	B A Richardson, Z Walker, C L E Katona
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 4, November 1999
Pages	pp 336-339
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Chronic illness ; Medical care ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Psychiatrists ; Geriatricians ; Comparison.
Annotation	Survival following cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients with dementia is very poor (0-4%). A UK study of differences between the attitudes of psychiatrists and geriatricians towards older patients with or without dementia examines whether doctors' and patients' characteristics affect decisions to resuscitate. Although the majority of doctors from both specialities favoured less invasive methods of treatment of patients with severe dementia, more psychiatrists (14.3%) than geriatricians (9.4%) would consider invasive methods of treatment. Decisions about resuscitation are influenced not only by the characteristics of individual patients, but also by the doctor's speciality. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001018208 A
Classmark	CI: LK: TOB: QT9: QT4: 48
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