WITHHOLDING CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION - PROPOSALS FOR FORMAL GUIDELINES

Working with members of the Royal London Trust and its medical council , Len Doyal and Daniel Wilsher have composed a set of guidelines gover ning the making of decisions to withhold resuscitation from patients. The guidelines describe the procedures that should be followed when gi ving orders for non-resuscitation and the clinical, legal, and moral c riteria that should be satisfied before such orders arc issued. The au thors hope that these guidelines will be of help to those responsible for the creation of hospitals' policies for non-resuscitation.