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I have real life experience , 20 years working in a hospital.

If you are a No Code, you get less attention, you go to the bottom of the list of squeaky wheels.

If you are having change in condition that suggests that something is about to go wrong, it is more likely that it will be ignored than if you do not have that No Code Status.

It may not be right, but it is the truth.

Sorry Charlie, I don't care how ill informed you think my view is.

It is a view formed in real life situations, and not in a judiciary chamber, a legislative body or in an advocacy group office.

[flixxx]

No code does not mean 'no care'...the issue is the goal of the care being delivered.

Comfort care alone vs. going all out full court press with pressors, intubation, chest compressions, etc. Where problems arise is when there is a diffence in goals of care for a loved one between family and physicians...in which case communication needs to be improved...this does not mean that one should not have a 'living will'.

Also, Living Will does NOT equal No Code...they are two very different documents and are often confused.

If I have a living will and God forbid suffer a MI, I WANT to be treated...It is only if I suffer severe anoxic/hypoxic brain injury that I want my wife to step in and stop unhelpful medical interventions. As you know we can keep patients alive years and years with no hope for neurologic recovery...I do NOT want that done to me and I would think (and this is supported by various surveys) that most people do not want that done to them and want the choice to stop medical interventions.

I apologize, I did not mean to question your experience by my 'ill informed' comment, but this issue has been horribly misrepresented by the Press, Congress, Talking Heads, and many on this and other Boards.