DNR Orders and Foregoing Treatment

DNR Orders and Foregoing Treatment

A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests Do Not Resuscitate orders may prompt caregivers to forego treatments that patients may have wanted. Karin Porter-Williamson, MD of the University of Kansas Hospital, and John Carney, President/CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics, discuss this possibility. (January 18, 2012)

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