Letters
The death of DNR
The undesirability of acronyms
BMJ 2009; 338 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b2016 (Published 20 May 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2016
- Elizabeth L Combeer, SpR, anaesthesia1
- 1St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT
- elizabeth.combeer{at}btopenworld.com
The statement “allow natural death” (AND) is much less clear than “do not resuscitate” (DNR).1 A term that needs defining before it may be used will …
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