Open AccessAttitudes of patients' relatives in the end stage of life about do not resuscitate order
Author(s) -
Mozhdeh Tajari,
Rostam Jalali,
kamran vafaee
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_144_18
Subject(s) - medicine , do not resuscitate order , do not resuscitate , resuscitation orders , stage (stratigraphy) , family medicine , medical emergency , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , emergency medicine , resuscitation , paleontology , biology
The do not resuscitate (DNR) order is a decision taken by the patient or other people about medical care in the end stages of life to prevent resuscitation from causing cardiac or respiratory arrest. This study was conducted to evaluate the attitudes of patients' relatives in the end stages about DNR order.