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Changing attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation in older people
— a 15-year follow-up study | | Author(s) | P E Cotter, M Simon, C Quinn |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 38, no 2, March 2009 |
| Pages | pp 200-205 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Medical care ; Dying ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | While it is well-established that individual patient preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may change with time, the stability of population preferences, especially during periods of social and economic change, has received little attention. Based on the views regarding the resuscitation preferences of 150 older Irish medical patients awaiting discharge compared with results elicited from 100 patients in a 1992 study, this study shows a dramatic increase over 15 years in the proportion of older Irish in-patients willing to accept CPR. Most patients (94%) felt that it was a good idea for doctors to discuss CPR routinely with patients, compared with 39% in 1992. In their current health, 6% in 2007 and 76% in 1992 would refuse CPR. However, the authors point to the risk of mismatch between patients' and doctors' ethical perspectives in discussions and decisions about resuscitation. Rapid changes in societal preferences will increase the risk of poor communication and conflict in this area. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090417218 A |
| Classmark | LK: CX: DP: 3J: 763 |
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