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'''Slow code''' refers to the practice in a [[hospital]] to purposely respond slowly to a patient in [[cardiac arrest]]. The related term '''show code''' refers to the practice of a medical response that is faked for the sake of the patient's family.

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*{{cite web|url=http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/dnr.html|title=Do Not Resuscitate Orders|work=Ethics in Medicine|last=Braddock|first=Clarence H.|publisher=[[University of Washington]] School of Medicine|year=1998|accessdate=2013-04-06|ref=harv}}

*{{cite journal|url=http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/journalarticle?Article_ID=437848|title=“Slow”"Slow" Code: Perspectives of a Physician and Critical Care Nurse|last1=DePalma|first1=Judith A.|last2=Miller|first2=Scott|last3=Ozanich|first3=Evelyn|last4=Yancich|first4=Lynne M.|journal=Critical Care Nursing Quarterly|volume=22|issue=3|pages=89–99|publisher=[[Lippincott Williams and Wilkins]]|year=1999|month=November|issn=1550-5111|ref=harv}}<!--http://journals.lww.com/ccnq/Abstract/1999/11000/_Slow__Code__Perspectives_of_a_Physician_and.14.aspx -->

*{{cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/code-blue-code-black-what-does-code-mean|title="Code Blue", "Code Black": What Does "Code" Mean?|last=Marks|first=William J.|publisher=[[WebMD]]|date=1 January 2006|accessdate=2013-04-06|ref=harv}}

*{{cite web|url=http://www.cpso.on.ca/policies/policies/default.aspx?ID=1582|title=Decision-making for the End of Life|others=Physician Advisory Service|publisher=[[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]]|year=2006|month=May|accessdate=2013-04-06|ref={{harvid|College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario|2006}} }}

*{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23239084/ns/health-health_care|title=Hospitals’ ‘code blue’ most deadly at night|___location=[[Chicago]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=19 February 2008|accessdate=2013-04-06|ref={{harvid|NBC News|2008}} }}

*{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/22/opinion/slow-codes-show-codes-and-death.html|title=Slow Codes, Show Codes and Death||newspaper=[[New York Times]]|publisher=New York Times Company|date=22 August 1987|accessdate=2013-04-06|ref={{harvid|New York Times|1987}} }}

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