“Do Not Resuscitate” Tattoos: Adequate Evidence of a Patient’s Intent to Die?
| dc.contributor.author | Elzweig, Brian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-20T21:39:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-20T21:39:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06-19 | |
| dc.description | 30 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In 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? | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | 97 OR. L. REV. 277 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0196-2043 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/24694 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon School of Law | en_US |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Advance directive | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Medical liability | en_US |
| dc.title | “Do Not Resuscitate” Tattoos: Adequate Evidence of a Patient’s Intent to Die? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |