It should be stressed that, in the United States, an advance directive or living will is not sufficient to ensure a patient is treated under the DNR protocol, even if it is their wish, as neither an advance directive nor a living will is a legally binding document.
Trebalo bi naglasiti da u SAD-u direktiva ili živuća oporuka nisu dovoljni da bi osigurlai da će pacijent biti tretiran po NO protokolu, čak i ako je to bila njegova želja, jer niti direktiva niti živuća oporuka nisu pravno obvezujući dokument.