title: The new Hawaii Comfort Care Only-Do Not Resuscitate law.
abstract: The new Hawaii law creating the Comfort Care Only-Do Not Resuscitate order allows terminally ill patients to be treated by ambulance personnel for comfort and pain control, and to not be resuscitated when they are near death.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gifford
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*