title: DNR orders: proceed with caution.
abstract: To avoid liability and best meet patients' requests, caregivers must fully understand the process that validates DNR directives.
authors.affiliation: New England Chapter of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Portland, Maine, USA.
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Michael
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States