Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) may not be enough

Ed note: Many of us, as we become frail, decide to forgo CPR and to allow a natural death. However, if we are hospitalized, there is a “conveyer belt” of other invasive procedures that can be carried out that we may not want. Dr. Aronson’s essay about her mother points out the problem of “life saving” interventions when we may be ready to die.