What medical education, training and experience does the lawyer's wife have? Maybe the patient was having a hard time eating because of a sore throat...
Beside, a "do not resuscitate" in this matter means nothing. A "do not resuscitate means no performing CPR if heart stops. On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:03:34 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > An 87-year-old woman is brought to the hospital from a nursing home, > > which has a do not resussitate order in her chart. She is conscious > > but unresponsive. She is accompanied not by family members but by the > > wife of her lawyer, who was bringing her a gift of food and became > > alarmed at her condition and in particular at her inability to eat. > > > > Turn to the lawyer's wife and say, "How you dooin'?", eat the food, > and then check out the nurse's lounge. > > If nothing's happening there check on the woman's condition and, if > unchanged, call her family. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151622 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
