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In Death's Shadow: The Meanings of Withholding Resuscitation
Author(s) -
Nolan Kathleen
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562663
Subject(s) - shadow (psychology) , resuscitation , resuscitation orders , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , medicine , psychology , psychoanalysis , emergency medicine
Many of the controversies surrounding the withholding of resuscitation are illuminated when we examine the language of resuscitation and resuscitative decisionmaking, and the contexts in which these decisions are made. Resuscitation and its withholding have multiple and often conflicting symbolic and emotional meanings for patients, families, and clinicians, and recognizing this divergence is essential to communication and to decisionmaking