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20 Σεπ 2024 · The ethical decision to remove life support is complicated but revolves around the principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, and patient autonomy. Life-sustaining treatments are not obligatory when the burdens outweigh the benefits or when the goals of care shift from extending life to prioritizing comfort and quality of life.
5 Μαΐ 2020 · Patients dying of COVID-19 need care like everyone else at the end of life. Opinions from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics help guide decision-making.
The principle of patient autonomy requires that physicians respect the decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment of a patient who possesses decision-making capacity. Life-sustaining treatment is any treatment that serves to prolong life without reversing the underlying medical condition.
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.
The ethics of resuscitation and end-of-life decisions.
11 Μαρ 2014 · Introduction. 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.
Ethical principles in end-of-life care. Ilora G Finlay. Download PDF. Share. Abstract. The four pillars of medical ethics – autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice – provide a clinical framework for decision-making.
