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DNR denied

2020-01-02 23:15:25.693211+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

ProPublica: The Family Wanted a Do Not Resuscitate Order. The Doctors Didn’t.

Andy Jurtschenko told his children that he didn’t want to be a burden on them. But after he suffered brain damage during a heart transplant at a New Jersey hospital, his medical team deflected their request for a DNR.

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