# Getting a do not resuscitate order **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 7, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-do-not-resuscitate-order/730271 "2015-09-07T19:49:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-do-not-resuscitate-order/730271/18 "2015-09-10T00:48:39Z")
Best check your state law (in the US). In many states, one must be a ‘qualified’ patient for it to be legal for a physician to write a DNR order for you. ‘Qualified’ usually means that you have a disease process which is anticipated to be fatal within a relatively short time, such as a year, or that you suffer from a condition such that attempts to resuscitate you would be even more futile than average, or particularly cruel, or would just prolong you in a very painful state. QtM, author of many DNR orders. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-do-not-resuscitate-order/730271)._