End-of-Life

Caplan on Denial of CPR

By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new column up about the recent failure of a nurse at an assisted living facility to perform CPR on an elderly resident in need, despite being instructed to do so by the emergency dispatcher.  Check it out here.

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By Arthur Caplan

Art Caplan has a new column up about the recent failure of a nurse at an assisted living facility to perform CPR on an elderly resident in need, despite being instructed to do so by the emergency dispatcher.  Check it out here.

About the author

  • Art Caplan

    Art Caplan is a bioethicist and has been a long time Bill of Health contributor. He is the Director of the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Medical Center