title: Do-not-resuscitate orders.
abstract: CPR is a procedure from which approximately 15% of patients survive to discharge. Patients have the right to request DNR orders and health professionals have an obligation to provide the information to make decisions. Physicians and patients should discuss advance directives before hospital admission. Patients without decision-making capacity are dependent on advance directives, surrogates or proxies for DNR orders. The most recent version of the Florida statute has improved the procedural mechanism for writing DNR orders but continues to need further refinement.
authors.affiliation: Broward General Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000145:classification; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005431:Florida; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence