When 86-year-old Carol Wittwer took a taxi to the emergency room, she expected to be admitted to the hospital. She didn’t anticipate being asked if she cooks for herself. If she has friends in her high-rise. Or if she could spell lunch backward. “H-C-N-U-L,” she said, ruling out a type of confusion called delirium for […]
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It was a scenario that emergency room doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital had discussed but never seen in person — an unconscious patient with a tattoo across his chest that read “Do Not Resuscitate.” The 70-year-old man at the Miami hospital posed a vexing ethical dilemma and a decision needed to be made fast. His […]
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