title: When the purple do-not-resuscitate bracelet was slipped onto my wrist.
authors.affiliation: J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hazzard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014953:Wrist
keywords: DNR bracelet; meaning of life and death; reflections of aging