DNR: "Do Not Resuscitate" or "Death Not Reversible"?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1089/jpm.2017.0466.
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Abstract
Allowing physicians to write a do not resuscitate (DNR) or do not administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation order after properly informing patients and their families that death would be irreversible offers a more rational and compassionate approach than traditional shared decision making in establishing a DNR status for some hospitalized patients.
Medical subject headings
- Decision Making
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Professional-Family Relations
- Resuscitation Orders