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Which client-made, legally enforceable document contains the instructions of the client regarding his or her refusal to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation upon admission to a hospital for surgery?

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The living will is the document where the patient expresses that they do not wish to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation after admission to a hospital for surgery.

Step-by-step explanation:

Living will is a document, born in the 1960s in the United States of America, in which end-of-life patients express their wishes, explaining which treatments, care and medical procedures they wish to undergo when they are out of therapeutic possibilities. An example of a living will is when a patient draws up a document warning the medical staff that they do not wish to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation upon admission to a hospital for surgery.

The living will has been tied to the end of life, and its limits are set by the legal system of the country that legalizes it.

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