PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rosemarie Anthony-Pillai
TI  - CPR decision making: why Winspear needs to be challenged?
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2016-103628
DP  - 2017 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 485--486
VI  - 43
IP  - 7
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/43/7/485.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/43/7/485.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2017 Jul 01; 43
AB  - This is a personal view about the recent high court decision around cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This opinion identifies that the judge failed to recognise the statutory role given to clinicians in identifying when a treatment is life sustaining. In failing to recognise the role of the clinician, the ruling in Winspear risks the likelihood of inappropriate CPR attempts.