Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Orden de no resucitar
Do not resuscitate order (…ree-SUH-sih-TAYT…)
A type of advance directive in which a person states that healthcare providers should not perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (restarting the heart) if his or her heart or breathing stops. Also called DNR order.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.