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Prevent Euthanasia without consent. Do Not Resuscitate Orders only with consent of patients.

Submitted on Saturday 1st October 2011

Published on Monday 3rd October 2011

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 3rd October 2012

Signatures: 5

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Children ~ Do Not Resuscitate ~ Law

Petition Action

Prevent Euthanasia without consent. Do Not Resuscitate Orders only with consent of patients.

Additional Information

Create law that medical professionals must resuscitate, give CPR and intubate (breathing tube) any and all patients irrespective of age, disability or illness, and that patients will have the right to life in hospitals and cannot have that presumption for the preservation of life denied by any treatment or medication or lack of food and water. Patients to have the right in law to demand life-preserving medication and CPR.

This law to supercede all other laws and guidelines about Do Not Resuscitate / Do Not Intubate Orders.

Any patient demanding Do Not Resuscitate / Do not intubate to have such rights only by their prior written consent, counter-signed by a legal professional and the patient’s spouse / civil partner / children altogether in a Living Will before admission to hospital. No-one else can consent to their DNR / Do not Intubate on their behalf. A Living Will cannot be gained by a patient once admitted to hospital by the enactment of this Act/Bill.


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