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| The effect of hospital admission on the opinions and knowledge of elderly patients regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation | | Author(s) | Daniel R Watson, Tim J Wilkinson, Richard Sainsbury |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 26, no 6, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 429-434 |
| Keywords | Dying ; Terminal care ; Medical care ; Admission [hospitals] ; Discharge [hospitals] ; In-patients ; Attitude ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | This study aimed to assess older people's opinions and knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), how much they wished to be involved in decision-making, and whether their opinions changed during a hospital admission. In a hospital in New Zealand, 95 older inpatients without a terminal illness who could give informed consent were interviewed after hospital admission, and 67 patients were interviewed again at hospital discharge. Findings revealed that there was a poor understanding of CPR, although this improved after education. Nevertheless, the success of CPR was overestimated. The majority of patients on admission and following a hospital stay wished to have CPR. On admission, 74% stated that the patient should make the decision regarding CPR, and this increased to 84% after a hospital stay. Finally, the study found that patients were reluctant to have their preference committed to paper or to tell their general practitioner (GP). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980122403 A |
| Classmark | CX: LV: LK: LD:QKH: LD:QKJ: LF7: DP: 7YN |
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