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What is a Do not resuscitate order?

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is a part of advanced medical directives.expanding the notion of patient autonomy.It instructs medical personnel not to perform life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or other procedures to restart the heart or breathing once they have ceased

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