| Item Description: | The history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- CPR versus active treatment in palliative care -- Resuscitation guidelines, resuscitation success and futility, and medical paternalism in resuscitation decisions -- Cultural and religious influences, including the "sick role", on healthcare and resuscitation decisions -- The role of the nurse, and the nurse-doctor-patient relationship in resuscitation decisions -- Making resuscitation decisions: involving the patient and their family carers -- Hope in patients who are palliative and have had a DNAR order made -- The law and ethics surrounding resuscitation -- Resuscitation in the community -- The future of resuscitation |
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