2017 May/June
A Do-Not-Resuscitate Order
I hold the medical power of attorney for my terminally ill sister. She signed a do-not-resuscitate order, but just before going into a coma she whispered, “Don’t let me die.” Do I follow her signed instructions, or her whispered one?
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