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Abdallah FS, Radaeda MS, Gaghama MK, et al. Intensive Care Unit Physician's Attitudes on Do Not Resuscitate Order in Palestine. Indian J Palliat Care. 2016;22(1):38-41doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.173947.
Abdallah, F. S., Radaeda, M. S., Gaghama, M. K., & Salameh, B. (2016). Intensive Care Unit Physician's Attitudes on Do Not Resuscitate Order in Palestine. Indian journal of palliative care, 22(1), 38-41. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.173947
Abdallah, Fatima S, et al. "Intensive Care Unit Physician's Attitudes on Do Not Resuscitate Order in Palestine." Indian journal of palliative care vol. 22,1 (2016): 38-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.173947
Abdallah FS, Radaeda MS, Gaghama MK, Salameh B. Intensive Care Unit Physician's Attitudes on Do Not Resuscitate Order in Palestine. Indian J Palliat Care. 2016 Jan-Mar;22(1):38-41. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.173947. PMID: 26962279; PMCID: PMC4768448.
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Indian J Palliat Care. 2016 Jan-Mar;22(1):38-41. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.173947.

Intensive Care Unit Physician's Attitudes on Do Not Resuscitate Order in Palestine.

Indian journal of palliative care

Fatima S Abdallah, Mahdy S Radaeda, Maram K Gaghama, Basma Salameh

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nursing, Birzeit University, Palestine.

PMID: 26962279 PMCID: PMC4768448 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.173947

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is some ambiguity concerning the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders in the Arabic world. DNR is an order written by a doctor, approved by the patient or patient surrogate, which instructs health care providers to not do CPR when cardiac or respiratory arrest occurs. Therefore, this research study investigated the attitudes of Intensive Care Unit physicians and nurses on DNR order in Palestine.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 123 males and females from four different hospitals voluntarily participated in this study by signing a consent form; which was approved by the Ethical Committee at Birzeit University and the Ministry of Health. A non-experimental, quantitative, descriptive, and co-relational method was used, the data collection was done by a three page form consisting of the consent form, demographical data, and 24 item-based questionnaire based on a 5-point-Likert scale from strongly agree (score 1) to strongly disagree (score 5).

RESULTS: The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software program version 17.0 was used to analyze the data. Finding showed no significant relationship between culture and opinion regarding the DNR order, but religion did. There was statistical significance difference between the physicians' and nurses' religious beliefs, but there was no correlation. Moreover, a total of 79 (64.3%) physicians and nurses agreed with legalizing the DNR order in Palestine.

CONCLUSION: There was a positive attitude towards the legalization of the DNR order in Palestine, and culture and religion did not have any affect towards their attitudes regarding the legalization in Palestine.

Keywords: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Culture; Do-not-resuscitate; Religious beliefs

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