DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m writing in response to a recent column on Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders in advanced directives. I would ...

Patients undergoing surgery with do-not-resuscitate orders are more likely to experience postoperative complications or mortality, signaling DNR orders as an independent risk factor for poor surgical ...

It’s a terrible fate, as doctors only know too well. That’s why it shouldn’t be surprising that researchers in a new study in ...

To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at syox@medscape.net (Include "Ask the Expert" in subject line.) The other day, I was out conducting a ...

GILBERT, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) - A high school is refusing to honor a student’s “do not resuscitate” medical order even though the student’s doctors said that CPR would likely do more harm than good.