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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
To identify treatment-withholding intentions for 56 VA medicine inpatients who received a no-code order, 31 resident physicians who wrote the orders completed a checklist on which they indicated the interventions they intended to withhold from each patient. Review of patients' charts indicated that 24 (43%) contained no documentation of treatment limitation plans beyond the no-code order. To identify the general interpretations of no-code orders, "cross-covering" physicians indicated on a questionnaire the likelihood that they would withhold specific interventions from patients they were covering who had received a no-code order. Both the intention and interpretation of no-code orders were characterized by variability, and interpretation of the orders was characterized by uncertainty as well. Because of these discrepancies, we suggest a no-code order which provides greater specificity for individual patients.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0090-3493
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
879-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Some treatment-withholding implications of no-code orders in an academic hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't