The DNR, short for "Do Not Resuscitate," is a critical one-page form for the frail elderly and those on hospice. It is completed with one's physician, physician assistant or nurse. Not long ago, I met ...

We have recently received several calls about the portable Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order form, also known as the Goldenrod form. Several readers have told us that some physicians are under the ...

Dear Mr. Premack: My father has been in the nursing home for a few years, and I recently (as his agent under his medical power of attorney) authorized an out-of-hospital DNR for him. He has been ...