• Am. J. Crit. Care · Mar 1994

    Controversial decisions regarding treatment and DNR: an algorithmic Guide for the Uncertain in Decision-Making Ethics (GUIDE).

    • J L Levenson and L Pettrey.
    • Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
    • Am. J. Crit. Care. 1994 Mar 1; 3 (2): 87-91.

    AbstractWe describe an algorithm to aid clinicians in making ethical decisions regarding interventions. Logically sequenced questions about competency, advance directives, treatment benefit, and patient and family preferences guide the decision maker to nine specific scenarios. Each scenario includes guidelines for action based on legal and ethical consensus.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…

What will the 'Medical Journal of You' look like?

Start your free 21 day trial now.

We guarantee your privacy. Your email address will not be shared.