A: A do-not-resuscitate order is an important, but often very difficult, decision to make. We want to live, but if keeping us alive means taking steps that prolong our life even though we are left ...
Dear Mr. Premack: I have a question that I can't find an answer. If I have a do not resuscitate form filled out and signed, does that in any way, or can that in any way, disqualify my life insurance ...
Pamela Ekor-Tarh Eyambe has been accused of falsifying a patient's do-not-resuscitate form at Peaceful Touch Hospice & Palliative Care in Plano, Texas. Plano Texas Police Department A Texas home ...
PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - Plano police arrested hospice nurse Pamela Ekor-Tarh Eyambe after officers discovered an alleged falsified do-not-resuscitate form. The 60-year-old owns Peaceful Touch Hospice & ...
Every year or so there is a story in the news about a hospital being sued for failing to intervene or, alternately, for wrongfully intervening to resuscitate a patient using advanced life support. As ...
Q In a previous article, you wrote that the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was drafting a do not resuscitate form that emergency medical service personnel could honor when ...
Note: The following column was originally published in 2019. Dear Annie: My three siblings and I are in a terrible situation right now over our 88-year-old mother. When she first moved into her senior ...
Dear Doctor K: My husband has terminal cancer. He has already signed a do-not-resuscitate order. His doctor recently suggested that he also complete a new form called a "POLST." Can you explain what ...
A registered nurse who owns a Plano hospice is accused by police of falsifying a deceased patient's "Do Not Resuscitate" form. Plano police said 60-year-old Pamela Ekor-Tarh Eyambe is an RN and the ...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the United States, some hospitals are considering whether to make changes to policies and practices when it comes to do-not-resuscitate situations. Such ...
Plano police have arrested a health care worker and are seeking information about a hospice facility after officers discovered what they say is a falsified do-not-resuscitate form. Detectives arrested ...
Picture this: A man is admitted to the hospital, unconscious, with a history of serious health problems and a high blood alcohol level. He has no identification and no family with him. On his chest, ...