We have recently received several calls about the portable Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order form, also known as the Goldenrod form. Several readers have told us that some physicians are under the ...

While seated in the waiting room of a Florida outpatient surgery center, an 82-year-old patient received a nasty surprise. The receptionist asked him to sign a form stipulating that the facility would ...

In a recent column, you referred to the DNR (do not resuscitate) order. What do you think of having the DNR tattooed on the inner wrist, where hospitals place a plastic band? This would prevent a ...