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A recorded clinical decision, not a symbol worn by a patient.
Also known as: DNACPR form, Resuscitation decision
A resuscitation decision is recorded on a defined form held with a patient's notes, not on a worn tag or a tattoo. It records a clinical decision about one intervention only, and it does not mean that other treatment is withheld — a misunderstanding with documented harm behind it.
Records a clinical decision about attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation, on a defined form kept with a patient's records.
Contexts: Medicine
Concerns one intervention only and does not withdraw other treatment, a misreading that has led to documented harm and to national guidance restating it.
Contexts: Medicine
Is not established by a worn tag or a tattoo, which have no standing as a clinical record however clearly worded.
Contexts: Medicine
A printed form with a ruled border around its heading and boxes for signatures, filed with clinical notes.