Do-not-resuscitate policy on acute geriatric wards in Flanders, Belgium.
Publication Type:
Journal ArticleSource:
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 53, Issue 12, p.2221-6 (2005)Keywords:
Aged, Belgium, Forms and Records Control, Geriatrics, Health Care Surveys, Hospital Administration, Hospital Units, Humans, Medical Futility, Organizational Policy, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Questionnaires, Resuscitation Orders, Statistics, NonparametricAbstract:
To describe the historical development and status of a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) policy on acute geriatric wards in Flanders, Belgium, and to compare it with the international situation.