A man's tattoo left doctors debating whether to save his life - News Summed Up

A man's tattoo left doctors debating whether to save his life


On his chest, he has a tattoo: "Do Not Resuscitate." It sounds like a worst-case-scenario question from a medical ethics course, but it really happened recently at a Florida hospital. However, this typically means an official signed a do not resuscitate agreement such as a Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment. In the case of the man in the Florida hospital, the facility's ethics consultant said the doctors should honor the tattoo. The outcomeUltimately, a do not resuscitate order was issued, and the man died.


Source: CNN December 01, 2017 18:22 UTC



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