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December 16, 2007
D.N.R. Orders in Massachusetts: Are your wishes known?
D.N.R. -- these three letters are an abbreviation for do not resuscitate but they hold vastly different meanings for different people. Regardless of one's beliefs, it remains a deep personal decision and one that should be known by family members and potential medical decision makers.
Have you communicated your preferences with both your family and your physicians? Perhaps these topics aren't easy to discuss, but they're unlikely to get any easier with the passage of time. A Boston Globe article recently addressed this in an informative way. See Patricia Wen's article,For many, Do Not Resuscitate' too painful to discuss.
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