diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
index 76aa6f75b3c..68d245d8cdb 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(observer_default_invisibility, INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER)
 	light_power = 2
 	light_on = FALSE
 	var/can_reenter_corpse
-	var/pushed_do_not_resuscitate = FALSE
 	var/datum/hud/living/carbon/hud = null // hud
 	var/bootime = 0
 	var/started_as_observer //This variable is set to 1 when you enter the game as an observer.
@@ -381,7 +380,6 @@ This is the proc mobs get to turn into a ghost. Forked from ghostize due to comp
 		return
 
 	can_reenter_corpse = FALSE
-	pushed_do_not_resuscitate = TRUE
 	// Update med huds
 	var/mob/living/carbon/current = mind.current
 	current.med_hud_set_status()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
index fdd37ebab23..3b711287771 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
@@ -124,16 +124,7 @@
 			if(suiciding)
 				. += "<span class='warning'>[t_He] appear[p_s()] to have committed suicide... there is no hope of recovery.</span>"
 
-			var/mob/dead/observer/ghost = get_ghost(TRUE, TRUE)
-			if(getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain))
-				if(!ghost && !client) //There's no ghost with a mind matching the body's (and there's no client still in the body, if they haven't left the body once yet), the ghost has likely disconnected
-					. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life and [t_his] soul has departed...</span>"
-				else if (!ghost.can_reenter_corpse || ghost.pushed_do_not_resuscitate) //There is a ghost with a matching mind but they pushed DNR or otherwise can't reenter
-					. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life and [t_his] soul has lost the will to live...</span>"
-				else
-					. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life...</span>"
-			else
-				. += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life...</span>"
+			. += generate_death_examine_text()
 
 	if(get_bodypart(BODY_ZONE_HEAD) && !getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain))
 		. += "<span class='deadsay'>It appears that [t_his] brain is missing...</span>"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm
index 8564877820a..a72e9ce736a 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm
@@ -77,4 +77,3 @@
 
 	///Exposure to damaging heat levels increases stacks, stacks clean over time when temperatures are lower. Stack is consumed to add a wound.
 	var/heat_exposure_stacks = 0
-
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_helpers.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_helpers.dm
index 7048ab37380..7c14e6754a6 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_helpers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_helpers.dm
@@ -220,3 +220,18 @@
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/get_biological_state()
 	return dna.species.get_biological_state()
+
+///Returns death message for mob examine text
+/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/generate_death_examine_text()
+	var/mob/dead/observer/ghost = get_ghost(TRUE, TRUE)
+	var/t_He = p_they(TRUE)
+	var/t_his = p_their()
+	var/t_is = p_are()
+	if(key || !getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain))
+		return "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life...</span>" //Default death message
+	//The death mob has a brain and no client/player that is assigned to the mob
+	if(!ghost?.can_reenter_corpse)  //And there is no ghost that could reenter the body
+		//There is no way this mob can in any normal way get a player, so they lost the will to live
+		return "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life and [t_his] soul has lost the will to live...</span>"
+	//This mob has a ghost linked that could still reenter the body, so the soul only departed
+	return "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life and [t_his] soul has departed, but the link is not yet fully broken...</span>"