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Dr. Jason Morrow

Medical Director of Palliative Care Inpatient Consultation, University Health System

Dr. Jason Morrow is Medical Director of Palliative Care Inpatient Consultation, University Health System, and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Halff Professor of Medical Humanities & Ethics, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

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A personal health care decision Texas shouldn’t make

By Dr. Jason Morrow, July 25, 2018

Under its new state law, for DNR orders to be valid, Texas now compels any capacitated patient without an Advance Directive to first document their request in writing. In order to die without CPR in a Texas hospital, you must literally complete your paperwork.