My father, years ago, insisted that DNR be prominently displayed on all of his medical records.
I signed a DNR for my grandmother....she’d been in a nursing home for years, and frankly, if they had tried cpr they would have broken her bones.....she was in her 90’s....oh, and she had not recognized me for 10 years. I put a lot of thought into it....and at that stage of life would expect my family to do the same for me.
So ?????
Some otherwise entirely admirable ppl are totally discomfited
by the sight of routine life-support measures, not realizing
what “advance directives” really mean nowadays.
Each DNR directive should be based on an assessment of
the particular patient, and not based on age alone.
*ALSO* a DNR *should not* mean DNT “Do Not Treat” for
other remediable conditions.