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Old 02-07-2011, 17:55   #9
CSB
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Disclaimer: I am not a attorney. This is not legal advice.
I am an attorney. This is legal advice.

A DNR order is a direct order from your boss, the patient.

If you do anything contrary to your patient's express instructions, you are substituting your desire/wants/needs for the free will of your patient.
And that is wrong.


(I realize that the case is probably "over" by now).
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