Hospital+Do-Not-Resuscitate+Orders+Why+They+Have+Failed+and+how+to+fix+them

ThemJacqueline K. Yuen, M. Carrington Reid, Michael D. FettersJuly 2011, Volume 26, [| Issue 7,] pp 791-797 [|http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-011-1632-x#/page-1]

The majority of this article stresses the importance of early conversations on DNR. It states how little these discussions happen with a doctor until it is too late for the patient to have their desires for end of life care to be met. Many times late DNR orders can affect the care the patient is given or can be left for the family to decide in which some cases can differ vastly from what the patient would have desired. Studies show that physicians can often lean on DNRs in a way that would promote ineffective treatment that might be essential to the survival of the patient, i.e. antibiotics and other effective preventative treatments.