The effect of hospital admission on the opinions and knowledge of elderly patients regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation | Zendy

Daniel Watson | Zendy; Tim Wilkinson | Zendy; R Sainsbury | Zendy; Julie E. Kidd | Zendy

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The effect of hospital admission on the opinions and knowledge of elderly patients regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Author(s) -

Daniel Watson,

Tim Wilkinson,

R Sainsbury,

Julie E. Kidd

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/26.6.429

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , intervention (counseling) , directive , informed consent , hospital admission , preference , family medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , resuscitation , nursing , alternative medicine , pathology , computer science , programming language , microeconomics , economics

o determine (i) if the opinions of elderly people, regarding their wish for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), change after staying in hospital, (ii) how much elderly people wish to be involved in making decisions about CPR and (iii) the degree of knowledge they use to make their decisions.

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