Unconscious Patient With 'Do Not Resuscitate' Tattoo Causes Ethical Conundrum at Hospital

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Summary:

"When an unresponsive patient arrived at a Florida hospital ER, the medical staff was taken aback upon discovering the words “DO NOT RESUSCITATE” tattooed onto the man’s chest—with the word “NOT” underlined and with his signature beneath it. Confused and alarmed, the medical staff chose to ignore the apparent DNR request—but not without alerting the hospital’s ethics team, who had a different take on the matter...."

Link:

https://gizmodo.com/unconscious-patient-with-do-not-resuscitate-tattoo-caus-1820881602

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consent refuse_treatment medicine paternalism huco living_will consent.revocability consent.validity consent.recency competence

Date tagged:

12/01/2017, 12:33

Date published:

12/01/2017, 07:33