- DNAR definition: http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/DNAR.htm
- UK guidance about role of relatives [see paras 7 and 11] http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/dnar.pdf
- Discussing resuscitation with elderly patients Fernando P and D’Costa DF Geriatric Medicine May 2010 pp268-272 www.gerimed.co.uk
- UK example of a DNAR form: http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/DNARfma1.rtf
- General issues in assessment of capacity in UK: http://www.publicguardian.gov.uk/mca/assessing-capacity.htm
- UK Mental Health Foundation materials on capacity assessment http://www.amcat.org.uk/
- Useful questions to ask in assessing mental capacity medically http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0715/p299.html
- Dignity is a useless concept Macklin R BMJ http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7429/1419
- Continuity of care and the patient experience Freeman G http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/current_projects/gp_inquiry/dimensions_of_care/continuity_of_care.html
- UK guidance [Resuscitation Council] http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/dnar.pdf
- The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation-Not-Indicated Order: Futility Revisited http://www.annals.org/content/122/4/304.full
- Medical Aspects of the Persistent Vegetative State http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/330/21/1499
- Should hospices be exempt from following national cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines? http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/338/mar26_2/b965maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT
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andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=date&fdate=1/1/1981&resourcetype=HWCIT - 2 UK anaesthetists discuss the issues of DNAR preoperatively http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_bimcl4Fgw