摘要:In late 2017, paramedics brought an unconscious, unidentified,unaccompanied seventy-year-old man to the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. The man’s blood alcohol content was elevated,he had a history of diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Upon the man’s chest was a tattoo that read “DO NOT RESUSCITATE.” The tattoo also included his signature. This left his doctors with a legalethical dilemma: Is a “do not resuscitate” (DNR) tattoo a valid advance directive?.