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do not resuscitate

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do not resuscitate (DNR),
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do not resuscitate
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INTRODUCTION With the advances in health care technology, nurses have become increasingly involved in the care of patients with a do not resuscitate (DNR) order.
Ethical dilemma: do not resuscitate a vegetative paediatric ... by Pat, Wong Pik Yan; Suen, Lorna Kwai Ping; Chair, Sek Ying / Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing
James Cook University Hospital's Medical Director Mike Bramble said: "While we cannot comment - and it would be inappropriate - to discuss a patient's individual case, Do Not Resuscitate, or a DNR order is a written order from a doctor that resuscitation should not be attempted if a person suffers a cardiac or respiratory arrest.
SAVE MY DYING GIRLFRIEND; Partner's plea to doctors by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
In Pennsylvania, where the concept of moving to color conformity got its start, blue, not purple, is still the color for do not resuscitate.
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