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20 Σεπ 2024 · Ethical principles emphasize the distinction between withdrawing life-sustaining treatments and interventions aimed solely at hastening death, underscoring the importance of maintaining patient dignity. This activity focuses on identifying cases that warrant life support termination and implementing the appropriate protocols.
11 Μαρ 2014 · One of the ethically most vexing decisions for clinical care providers is to withdraw a life-sustaining treatment. Many of the hallmark cases in American bioethics involve exactly that type of decision. In the case of Ms. Karen Quinlan [1], which is now half a century old, the treatment forgone was ventilation. Mr.
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.
6 Ιουν 2019 · The curriculum of critical care and emergency clinicians is usually packed with basic and advanced life support courses: cardiovascular emergencies, trauma, pre-hospital care, pediatric emergencies, and extra-corporeal life support are just a few examples of the most common topics.
Who Should Receive Life Support During a Public Health Emergency? Using Ethical Principles to Improve Allocation Decisions. Douglas B White, MD, MAS. 1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Opinion 2.20 - Withholding or Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment. The social commitment of the physician is to sustain life and relieve suffering. Where the performance of one duty conflicts with the other, the preferences of the patient should prevail.
An ethics consultant, especially one skilled and experienced in management of end-of-life issues, can be a helpful negotiator and guide. The transition to palliative support should include the discontinuation of all unnecessary monitoring devices and tubes. Monitors should be turned off allowing families to direct their attention to the patient.
