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DNR orders at a tertiary care hospital - are they appropriate?

Author(s) -

Gabi Vetsch,

Dominik E. Uehlinger,

Régula Zuercher-Zenklusen

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0036-7672

DOI - 10.4414/smw.2002.09895

Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , epidemiology , disease , retrospective cohort study , medical diagnosis , malignancy , pediatrics , tertiary care , stroke (engine) , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering

There are no established recommendations in Switzerland on when, how and for what patients DNR orders should be written. Moreover, little is known about current attitudes, patients' preferences, patients' involvement in decision-making and the adequacy of such decisions. The study was conducted in a Swiss tertiary care hospital to investigate the epidemiology, manner of application and appropriateness of DNR orders.

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