title: New York's Do-Not-Resuscitate law: groundbreaking protection of patient autonomy or a physician's right to make medical futility determinations?
authors.affiliation: Office of the New York Attorney General, USA.
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: McArdle
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D003657:Decision Making; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009518:New York; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028761:Withholding Treatment