http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/24/do-not-resuscitate-orders-when-hospital-cpr-should-not-be-used/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/24/do-not-resuscitate-orders-when-hospital-cpr-should-not-be-used/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:41:10 +0000 Gavin Perkins http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28559 The issue of resuscitation was recently brought to the fore, following the case of a man with Down's Syndrome, who was issued with a Do Not Resuscitate order without consent from either himself or his family. The case throws up some interesting questions, particularly the circumstances under which a do not resuscitate decision might be considered.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/24/do-not-resuscitate-orders-when-hospital-cpr-should-not-be-used/feed/ 5