Bass Madeline
St Nicholas Hospice, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Nurs Times. 2009;105(4):26-9.
This articles debates whether the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by healthcare professionals in situations when it is unlikely to be successful feeds an unhealthy appetite to intervene just because it is possible. It explores the problem of offering patients and relatives the choice about CPR at the end of life when it is likely to be unsuccessful.
本文探讨了医疗专业人员在心肺复苏不太可能成功的情况下进行心肺复苏,是否仅仅因为有可能就助长了一种不健康的干预欲望。它探讨了在生命末期向患者及其亲属提供不太可能成功的心肺复苏选择这一问题。