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With more terminally ill patients receiving care outside the hospital, in hospices, home health or in nursing homes, it is becoming increasingly common for emergency medical service (EMS) providers to encounter patients with advance directives or living wills that ask that they not be resuscitated or that certain lifesaving measures not be performed should their hearts stop beating.

DNRs in the field: EMS providers face conflicts