This is pretty bad when it is considered a landmark victory! A court in the UK has ruled that competent patients have the right to be “told” when they are going to be denied CPR. From the Cambridge News story: The Court of...
Read MoreOver in the UK, doctors tried to withhold resuscitation from a terminal cancer patient without discussing the matter with her or close family members. From the Daily News column by the victim, Sally Farmiloe: The instruction on...
Read MorePatient autonomy is fast becoming a one-way street. Choose to die by refusing life-sustaining treatment–sacrosanct! Want to live with life-sustaining treatment? Not your call. I recently helped successfully fight an attempt in...
Read MoreBack in February, I complained about Texas SB. 303, which would allow doctors to impose a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) Order on a patient’s file without consent. Since then, I have been to Austin to testify against...
Read MoreI just returned home from Austin, Texas, where I testified against SB 303 — a very bad bill that would permit doctors to force DNAR orders on patient’s charts without consent, requiring the patient to...
Read MoreThe case of the nurse who refused CPR to an elderly woman continues to ricochet around the media and culture. I have heard people bend over backwards to say the nurse was right, because — well because. The family says she...
Read MoreAn elderly woman residing in an independent living center collapsed and a nurse refused CPR — because of the facility’s “policy.” This seems like a real scandal, but it needs a little unpacking. From the...
Read MoreGood grief! The state with the worst futile care law in the nation now has legislation pending that would enable doctors to place DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders on a patient’s chart without notice or permission —...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC So much for “choice:” The Telegraph is reporting that some UK hospitals secretly apply DNR orders–without patient/family knowledge or...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC A study is out worrying that it is more difficult to get a “do not resuscitate” order on a patient’s chart if the decision maker is a surrogate. From the...
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