%0 Journal Article
%T A reasoned argument for the demise of the ¡°do not resuscitate¡± order
%A Blair Henry
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2016
%X In a recent article, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Truog and Burns provided an important overview of the 40-year history of the do not resuscitate (DNR) order. Rarely in the history of medicine have three simple letters ¡®DNR¡¯ evoked such controversy. Indeed, this acronym has been the epicenter of numerous legal disputes, a source of great distrust in medicine, and been associated with eliciting great moral distress and strong emotions from not only health care professionals but patients and families alike (1)
%U http://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/11783/12382