However, it does mean that some things will be different from the normal line of treatment. ("Advance Medical Directives.," n. d.); (Feldman, Mitchell D; Christensen, John F. (2007)

The fact that resuscitation of a patient through CPR will not add significantly to the quantity and quality of life is an indication that death may not be very far off and that medicine does not have the power to turn around the dying process. CPR has not only proved to be ineffective for terminally ill patients but the harsh nature of its functioning make it a technological, cruel and expensive death process. The results of many studies have indicated that the "out-of-hospital survival" rate of patients suffering from multisystem disease like renal failure and advanced cancers have not increased as a result of CPR. Conflicts often crop up when the patient's family members, friends or relatives who have a vested interest...
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