PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rosenczweig, C.
TI  - Should relatives witness resuscitation? Ethical issues and practical considerations
DP  - 1998 Mar 10
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 617--620
VI  - 158
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/5/617.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/5/617.full
SO  - CMAJ1998 Mar 10; 158
AB  - In winning second prize in the Logie Medical Ethics Essay Contest in 1997, Carolyn Rosenczweig raised questions about the role patients&#039; family members should be allowed to play during resuscitative efforts by medical staff. She concluded that even though their presence might complicate resuscitation attempts, &quot;blanket policies that exclude all relatives from being present seem a knee-jerk reaction.&quot;