Long-term effects of ethics education on the quality of care for patients who have do-not-resuscitate orders
Journal of General Internal MedicinePublished 1 November 1994
Daniel P. Sulmasy, Peter B. Terry, Ruth Faden, David M. Levine
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The quality of care for patients who had DNR orders, both overall and for those who had AIDS, improved over long-term observation in the setting of an ethics education program for medical houseofficers, and the results suggest that ethics education may alter physician practices and improve patient care.
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The quality of care for patients who had DNR orders, both overall and for those who had AIDS, improved over long-term observation in the setting of an ethics education program for medical houseofficers. The results suggest that ethics education may alter physician practices and improve patient care.
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