You do understand about DNR? Don't you? Don't you? (do-not-resuscitate order by patients regarding artificial life support)

From: Commonweal | Date: November 21, 1997| Author: Goerner, Leslie | Copyright information

A woman who underwent an endoscopy had asked her daughter not to have her resuscitated in case she went into cardiac arrest. The lady's daughter decided to disobey her mother's instruction, and the woman lived happily for three years after that episode.

Four years ago, my mother underwent a routine hospital procedure to verify the suspected presence of an ulcer. Strong-willed in every inch of her five-foot frame, at seventy-three she had suffered no major health problems. Yet she w...

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