Re:What to Do When a Patient Has a 'Do Not Resuscitate' Tattoo
by crankylinuxuser on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:10PM
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Yeah.
You can assist them to suicide in certain jurisdictions, if they want to end it.
It's pretty hard to resuscitate back to life after they've been dead, and put in the freezer for half a day.
The ugly fact is this comes down to a pure legal choice: Was the appropriate legal work done for the DNR? If not, ignore and save them. A live person dealing with legal is better than a dead person's family dealing with legal.
You can assist them to suicide in certain jurisdictions, if they want to end it.
It's pretty hard to resuscitate back to life after they've been dead, and put in the freezer for half a day.
The ugly fact is this comes down to a pure legal choice: Was the appropriate legal work done for the DNR? If not, ignore and save them. A live person dealing with legal is better than a dead person's family dealing with legal.