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This book examines the ethics of end of life care, focusing on the kinds of decisions that are commonly made in clinical practice. Specific attention is paid to the intensification of treatment for terminal symptoms, particularly pain relief, and the withdrawal and withholding of care.
13 Μαΐ 2020 · At minimum their chapter reveals the ethical imperative of providing adequate support to healthcare professionals working in challenging areas such as end of life care. They also reveal the complexity of ethics when healthcare has become a ‘team sport’ and the importance of ensuring the involvement of the whole team in morally charged ...
This paper approaches several different ethical theories to see how they interact with the issue of withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining care. After the theories of Utilitarianism, Kantian and Prima Facie Deontology, Virtue Ethics, and Evolutionary Ethics are explored at length, Deontological theories are proven to be
10 Δεκ 2020 · This systematic review identified ethical challenges in six themes: application of ethical principles; delivering clinical care; working with families; engaging with institutional structures and values; navigating societal values and expectations; and the philosophy of palliative care. •.
“Decision-making” for end-of-life care has earned paramount importance as it has capability to prolong human life with the support of medical technologies or can let the natural death process continue by foregoing the treatment option [2]. Hence, end-of-life care is facing various ethical dilemmas.
The ethical principles recognized universal are autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. These “four principles” are common in Eastern and Western cultures, but their application and weight may differ.
12 Μαρ 2021 · Emergency physicians aim to support life through all possible means unless an AD requests otherwise. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine published a best-practice guide for end-of-life care for adult patients in EDs.
