Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Senior nurses will be allowed to veto the resuscitation of patients under new guidelines issued yesterday by the medical profession. The British Medical Association said patients should be spared "undignified and unnecessary" attempts to revive them when there could be no realistic hope of success.

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Additional Stories

Guidance published to cut 'unnecessary' resuscitation - The Independent 27th October 2007

Nurses to decide if patients are revived - The Times 27th October 2007

Letters to the Telegraph - The Telegraph 29th October 2007


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