Patients with terminal cancer who viewed a three-minute video demonstrating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were less likely to indicate a preference for receiving CPR in the event of an in-hospital cardiac arrest than were patients who only listened to a verbal description of the procedure. The study, appearing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, is a follow-up to a smaller, 2009 study and includes a more diverse group of patients with many forms of cancer. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Volandes AE, et al. Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video Decision Support Tool for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Decision Making in Advanced Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Published online on December 10, 2012.
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