JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The quality of mercy. Caring for patients with 'do not resuscitate' orders.
To assess (1) the effect of an ethics education intervention for medical house officers on practices surrounding "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) orders and (2) the association of DNR care with patient diagnosis and demographic variables. ⋯ (1) An extensive ethics education intervention can improve care for DNR patients, especially with respect to CCCs. (2) In this setting, quality of care for DNR patients varied systematically with diagnosis. These results have implications for the design and implementation of ethics education programs.