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• "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) Orders: Incidence and Implications in a Medical Intensive Care Unit 

  Youngner, Stuart J.; Lewandowski, Wendy; McClish, Donna K.; Juknialis, Barbara W.; Coulton, Claudia; Bartlett, Edward T. (1985-01-04)

  A study was conducted of "do not resuscitate" (DNR) decisions written for 71 patients in a medical intensive care unit of a large university hospital. Fifty-eight percent of the medical records contained justifications for ...