Ethical competence in DNR decisions –a qualitative study of Swedish physicians and nurses working in hematology and oncology care

Abstract Background DNR decisions are frequently made in oncology and hematology care and physicians and nurses may face related ethical dilemmas. Ethics is considered a basic competence in health care and can be understood as a capacity to handle a task that involves an ethical dilemma in an adequa...

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Main Authors: Mona Pettersson, Mariann Hedström, Anna T. Höglund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0300-7