If you are very clear that you do not want to be resuscitated when you stop breathing, let the people where you live know what you want and put it in writing.

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For doctors, the primary purpose of a discussion about terminal illness is to determine what people want whether they want chemo or not, whether they want to be resuscitated or not, whether they want hospice or not.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

Despite the sacking of its headquarters in East Berlin and assurances that the organization would not be resuscitated until after the April elections, there is ample reason to be suspicious of the actual status of the Stasi.

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