Abstract
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You are seeing a 78-year-old patient with terminal lung cancer for advanced care planning. He expresses a wish to be resuscitated in the event of a cardiac arrest, which you think would not be successful and could cause distress to him and his family.
Listen to the patient’s wishes and do not sign the ‘Do not attempt cardio-pulmonary resuscitation’ form Listen to the patient’s wishes, but offer the patient a second opinion and further opportunity to discuss the implications of the decision Sign the ‘Do not attempt cardio-pulmonary resuscitating’ form anyway Suggest that you feel unable to support the decision and ask that the patient changes GP Discuss with the family and ask them to persuade the patient to change his mind
Answer DOI: 10.1177/1755738019892815