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'''Comfort measures only''' (or '''CMO''') pertains to the treatment of a burned out health care professional, with the focus on making the dying process a natural one and one where comfort is maximized.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/04/palliative-care/ After Another Horrid Shift, Doctor Calls Palliative Care on Self, Goes Home with Hospice]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/hospicillin/ FDA Approves Hospicillin for Use in Patients Who are Full Code]</ref>  It is not uncommon for interns, during their first six months of training, to wish to become '''CMO''', though the [[ACGME]] mandates they stay [[Full Code]] until after they matriculate their residency program.


'''Related Reading'''
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- [[Code Status]]

- [[Death]]

- [http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/hospicillin/ Hospicillin]

- [http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/premortem-autopsy/ Premortem Autopsy]

- [[Postmortem Chemotherapy]]


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