DNR or PEACE?

DNR orders in the OR.

Patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders may elect to have palliative surgery. Should DNR orders be automatically suspended in the operating room (OR)? This article addresses the following issues: (1) Ethics of DNR orders. (2) The American Society of Anesthesiology's Ethical Guidelines for the Anesthesia Care of Patients with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders or Other Directives that Limit Treatme...

Israel’s Dilemma: Unity or Peace?

Ever since President Bush introduced his ‘Road Map’ for a permanent solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in April 2003, a great deal of public attention has focused on its demand for a reformed Palestinian Authority (PA) to confront aggressively radical Palestinian groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad who violently oppose a two-state solution to the conflict. One of the major obstacle...

Knowing when to stop: DNR in the OR.

Comparing DNR and WWKL

In Reverse Mathematics, the axiom system DNR, asserting the existence of diagonally non-recursive functions, is strictly weaker than WWKL0 (weak weak König’s

Violence , Peace , and Peace Research