"Don't need resuscitate" in palliative care: Ethical challenge or obstacle to a good death

doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100681

Editorial

. 2025 Mar 8:12:100681.

doi: 10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100681. eCollection 2025 Dec.

"Don't need resuscitate" in palliative care: Ethical challenge or obstacle to a good death

Mohadese Babaie¹, Azam Shirinabadi Farahani², Maryam Rassouli^{3

4}

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
² Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman.

PMID: 40144346
PMCID: PMC11937284
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100681

Editorial

"Don't need resuscitate" in palliative care: Ethical challenge or obstacle to a good death

Mohadese Babaie et al. Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 8:12:100681.

doi: 10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100681. eCollection 2025 Dec.

Authors

Mohadese Babaie¹, Azam Shirinabadi Farahani², Maryam Rassouli^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
² Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman.

PMID: 40144346
PMCID: PMC11937284
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100681

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The corresponding author, Prof. Maryam Rassouli, is an editorial board member of Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing. The article was subject to the journal's standard procedures, with peer review handled independently of Prof. Rassouli and their research groups.

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1. Fallahi M., Banaderakhshan H., Abdi A., Borhani F., Kaviannezhad R., Karimpour H.A. The Iranian physicians attitude toward the do not resuscitate order. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2016:279–284. - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Xiao J., Ding J., Huang C. Notion of a good death for patients with cancer: a qualitative systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022;12(5) - PMC - PubMed

[2] Xiao J., Ding J., Huang C. Notion of a good death for patients with cancer: a qualitative systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022;12(5) - PMC - PubMed

[3] Gurdogan E.P., Aksoy B., Kinici E. The concept of a good death from the perspectives of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients. OMEGA-J Death Dying. 2022;85(2):303–316. - PubMed

[4] Gurdogan E.P., Aksoy B., Kinici E. The concept of a good death from the perspectives of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients. OMEGA-J Death Dying. 2022;85(2):303–316. - PubMed

[5] Rassouli M., Sanousi E., Krakauer E.L. Optimum use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the Islamic world. Nurs Pract Today. 2022;9(3):179–180.

[6] Rassouli M., Sanousi E., Krakauer E.L. Optimum use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the Islamic world. Nurs Pract Today. 2022;9(3):179–180.

[7] Chen R.-Y., Li Y.-C., Hsueh K.-C., Wang F.-W., Chen H.-J., Huang T.-Y. Factors influencing terminal cancer patients' autonomous DNR decision: a longitudinal statutory document and clinical database study. BMC Palliat Care. 2022;21(1):149. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Chen R.-Y., Li Y.-C., Hsueh K.-C., Wang F.-W., Chen H.-J., Huang T.-Y. Factors influencing terminal cancer patients' autonomous DNR decision: a longitudinal statutory document and clinical database study. BMC Palliat Care. 2022;21(1):149. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Fallahi M., Banaderakhshan H., Abdi A., Borhani F., Kaviannezhad R., Karimpour H.A. The Iranian physicians attitude toward the do not resuscitate order. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2016:279–284. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Fallahi M., Banaderakhshan H., Abdi A., Borhani F., Kaviannezhad R., Karimpour H.A. The Iranian physicians attitude toward the do not resuscitate order. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2016:279–284. - PMC - PubMed

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