article_snippet.sent: Doctors are being told to ask all patients over 75 if Doctors will agree to a 'do not resuscitate' order.
article_snippet.sent: They are also being told to ask whether the patient wants doctors to try to resuscitate doctors if doctors health suddenly deteriorates.
article_snippet.sent: In some surgeries, nurses are cold-calling patients over 75 or with long-term conditions and asking nurses over the phone if nurses have 'thought about resuscitation'.
article_snippet.sent: Other patients have spoken of the shock of going in for a routine check-up and being asked about resuscitation.
article_snippet.sent: Patients have spoken of the shock of going in for a routine check-up and being asked about resuscitation .
article_snippet.sent: her said: 'Hello, we're ringing all we patients with chronic conditions to see how you are and whether you have thought about resuscitation.' '
article_snippet.sent: her also said an elderly patient was asked about resuscitation by a district nurse an elderly patient had never met during a routine visit. '
article_snippet.sent: One of the first questions an elderly patient was asked was whether an elderly patient wanted to be resuscitated,' her said. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Told to ask if patients wants doctors to resuscitate patients if health worsens .
  