LETTER TO AN ETHICIST - RESUSCITATIVE INTERVENTIONS

Authors
QUINLAN JJ COOK WA
Citation
Jj. Quinlan et Wa. Cook, LETTER TO AN ETHICIST - RESUSCITATIVE INTERVENTIONS, CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal, 154(6), 1996, pp. 887-888
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08203946
Volume
154
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
887 - 888
Database
ISI
SICI code
0820-3946(1996)154:6<887:LTAE-R>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Few issues raise more questions for physicians than the resuscitation of seriously ill patients. In the following exchange of letters, Dr. J ohn Quinlan discusses two difficult cases involving patient resuscitat ion, while Dr. William Cook responds by referring to the Joint Stateme nt on Resuscitative Interventions that was approved last year by the C MA and several other health care organizations.