Oregon Law Review : Vol. 97, No. 2 (2019)
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Item Open Access “Do Not Resuscitate” Tattoos: Adequate Evidence of a Patient’s Intent to Die?(University of Oregon School of Law, 2019-06-19) Elzweig, BrianIn late 2017, paramedics brought an unconscious, unidentified, and unaccompanied seventy-year-old man to the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. The man’s blood alcohol content was elevated, and he had a history of diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Upon the man’s chest was a tattoo that read “DO NOT RESUSCITATE.” The tattoo also included his signature. This left his doctors with a legal and ethical dilemma: Is a “do not resuscitate” (DNR) tattoo a valid advance directive?