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. 1994 Jan;81(1):30-4.

Do-not-resuscitate orders

G R Singer  1
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  • PMID: 8133232

Do-not-resuscitate orders

G R Singer. J Fla Med Assoc. 1994 Jan.

Abstract

CPR is a procedure from which approximately 15% of patients survive to discharge. Patients have the right to request DNR orders and health professionals have an obligation to provide the information to make decisions. Physicians and patients should discuss advance directives before hospital admission. Patients without decision-making capacity are dependent on advance directives, surrogates or proxies for DNR orders. The most recent version of the Florida statute has improved the procedural mechanism for writing DNR orders but continues to need further refinement.

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