Do not resuscitate orders imposed on thousands of patients without families' consent Up to 40,000 patients a year are having do not resuscitate orders imposed without their families' consent, an audit has found.
Hospitals are failing to tell relations they do not intend to attempt potentially lifesaving techniques to save their loved ones, according to the Royal College of Physicians. The Independent
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Hospitals are failing to tell relations they do not intend to attempt potentially lifesaving techniques to save their loved ones, according to the Royal College of Physicians. The Independent
See also:
- Resuscitation orders 'kept from families' BBC News
- Hospital audit reveals 40k patients given Do Not Resuscitate orders without families being told The Daily Mail
- 'Unforgivable' failings in end-of-life care revealed as 40,000 dying patients subject to secret 'do not resuscitate' orders every year The Daily Telegraph
- Do not resuscitate orders placed on patients without consent, says study The Guardian
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