This is a place for students to provide thoughts related to the Norwich University Medical Ethics Course. Post your thoughts about a particular week's content, or about medical ethics in general. I'm also very interested in what you think about teaching with technology, and the technology used in this class (including this blog).
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Suicide
A patient with a long history of mental illness is admitted to the ER with chest pains. The care team wants to keep him under observations for a few days. There is a DRN order in his record signed by his primary care physician five years ago, but there is also a record of recent suicide attempts. Should the care team honor the DNR order?
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