BY DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org A patient inked his do not resuscitate order — just not on paper. When an unresponsive man arrived in an emergency room in Miami, Fla, medical staff ignored his code-status preference because it was written on his body. The man had “Do Not Resuscitate” tattooed on his chest with “Not” underlined and […]
BY SUSAN M. MATHEWS, PH.D. Most do not wish to think about a do-not-resuscitate order, whether for themselves or for a loved one. However, this is not a decision that should wait until a crisis and hospital admission, especially as we age. An advance directive or conversation about resuscitation with a doctor, at the very […]
BY CRAIG KLUGMAN, Ph.D | LIFE MATTERS MEDIA CONTRIBUTOR This past week appears to have been “advance directive week” on television. First, on the rebooted X-Files, Dana Scully finds her mother’s advance directive. Second, a Chicago Med physician ignores not only a DNR, but a patient’s clearly stated wishes not to be resuscitated. One of […]
A Conversation With LMM Founder Dr. Mary F. Mulcahy By Jo Cavallo for The ASCO Post Although a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order does not mean “do not treat,” that is how it is often interpreted, according to a study examining the level of care oncology inpatients at a tertiary care hospital received. The study found that the […]