| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| The Task Force and the Law | |
| New York State Task Force on Life and the Law: Executive Summary | p. 3 |
| The New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law: A Study of Public Policy-Making | p. 9 |
| The Legitimation and Regulation of DNR Orders | p. 33 |
| The DNR Controversy in New York State | |
| Taking Stock of Policies for Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Perception and Practice | p. 105 |
| Where Are We Going with Do-Not-Resuscitate Policies? | p. 133 |
| New York State's Do-Not-Resuscitate Law | p. 137 |
| New York's Do-Not-Resuscitate Law: Bad Law, Bad Medicine, and Bad Ethics | p. 141 |
| Union College Conference: Edited Transcript of Question and Answer Sessions at Union College Conference | p. 157 |
| Case Studies | |
| Implementation of the New York Do-Not-Resuscitate Law at a Teaching Hospital | p. 163 |
| One Family's Experience with the New York DNR Law | p. 169 |
| When the Ambulance Goes Home: A Tragic Flaw in the New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law | p. 173 |
| Implementation of the New York State DNR Law at a Community Hospital | p. 181 |
| The New York DNR Law and the Disabled: The Experience of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities | p. 187 |
| Striking a Balance | p. 205 |
| Research | |
| The Do-Not-Resuscitate Order as Ritual | p. 215 |
| New York's Do-Not-Resuscitate Law: Burden or Benefit? | p. 227 |
| Does the New York State DNR Law Prevent Medically Inappropriate DNR? | p. 235 |
| The Effects of a Hospital Policy and State Legislation on Resuscitation Orders for Geriatric Patients | p. 241 |
| The New York State DNR Law: Views of the Members of the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians | p. 251 |
| The 1988 DNR Reforms: A Comparative Study of the Impact of the New York DNR Law and the JCAHO Accreditation Requirements | p. 263 |
| Differences in Clinicians' Reactions to the New York State DNR Law | p. 303 |
| Retrospection and Reflection | |
| An Assessment of the Union College Study and a Response to Robert Baker's Analysis of the DNR Law | p. 325 |
| A Review of the Empirical Studies of the DNR Law and a Rejoinder to Tracy E. Miller | p. 333 |
| App. Article 29 (1987) - New York State Legislature - New York Public Health Law | p. 349 |
| App. Guidelines for Hospitals and Physicians on "Do-Not-Resuscitate" (1982) - Medical Society of the State of New York | p. 369 |
| App. Deciding to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatment (1983, Excerpted) - President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research | p. 371 |
| App. Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: The Proposed Legislation and Report of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law (1986, 1988, 2nd Edition Condensed) - New York State Task Force on Life and the Law | p. 381 |
| App. Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Questions and Answers for Health Care Professionals (1988) - Medical Society of the State of New York, New York State Department of Health, Hospital Association of New York State | p. 415 |
| App. Letter to New York State Assembly Minority Counsel Larry Digiulio (1991) - Robert Baker and Martin A. Strosberg | p. 439 |
| App. Amendments to the New York Public Health Law 29-B (1991) - New York State Legislature | p. 445 |
| Notes on Editors and Contributors | p. 455 |
| Index | p. 459 |
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