Some healthcare professionals are looking at universal do-not-resuscitate orders for coronavirus patients, which could prevent the infection of medical staff and other patients, as well as freeing ...

The hospital said that DJC is not expected to walk, talk, or "have meaningful interactions," and is on constant sedation and ...

From the August/September 2016 issue of our magazine, read more about DNR orders. Sometimes doctors make a medical decision that if a person's breathing or heart stops, there should be no attempt to ...

Fifty-six percentof hospitals use paper documentation as their only mode to identify DNR orders,16% use electronic health records, and 25% augment either paper or electronicdocumentation with a ...

A doctor has told an inquest into the death of a severely disabled woman that ‘do not resuscitate’ orders (DNR notices) are “ultimately a medical decision” after her family claimed they didn’t consent ...

PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. — Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) in Little Rock has filed a petition against two parents who will not consent to a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order for their terminally ...

Regardless of whether the DNR documentation occurs in paper or electronic form (and our study demonstrates significant practice variation in the documentation method), the risk that a hospitalized ...