Table 2 The bioethical principles and identified themes representing the principles
Bioethical principles | Information informing the principles | n |
|---|---|---|
Autonomy | Do-not-resuscitate order (patient’s will written on paper) | 149 |
Patient’s wishes (expressed verbally by a proxy) | 165 | |
Non-maleficence/beneficence | Do-not-resuscitate order (Unilateral or unknown origin) | 192 |
The patient’s prognosis (assessment of length of remaining life or quality of life made by resuscitation providers) | 467 | |
The patients’ prognosis or life quality (assessed by a general practitioner) | 57 | |
Quality of life (assessed by relatives or care personnel) | 135 | |
Justice | Future patients (economy or assurance) | 0 |
Physicians’ considerations regarding others or self | 0 | |
Logistics (Intensive Care Unit or Emergency Medical Services) | 0 | |
Society (economy, assurance, political or cultural values) | 0 | |
Extraneous factors (Relatives’ emotional state, physicians’ heterogeneous interpretation of DNR rules) | 15 |