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Teaching resuscitation skills using the newly deceased
Author(s) -
Ginifer Corinne,
Kelly AnneMaree
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138585.x
Subject(s) - resuscitation , medical education , informed consent , medicine , medical emergency , basic life support , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , psychology , nursing , emergency medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
In many hospital emergency departments doctors learn life‐saving technical skills on patients who have recently died. This longstanding practice is justified as providing training that cannot be offered in any other way. But can it continue without the informed consent of relatives and the general approval of the public?