title: Do-not-resuscitate orders for the incompetent patient in the absence of family consent.
mesh_terms: D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005190:Family; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026706:Paternalism; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000592:standards*; D035502:Trust; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment