Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment
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Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment
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Author : S. Government U. S. Government
language : en
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Release Date : 2006-03-01
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment written by S. Government U. S. Government and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-01 with Law categories.
Americans seem to be increasingly concerned with decisions about death and dying. Why is a subject once thought taboo now so frequently aired by the popular media, debated in academic forums and professional societies, and litigated in well-publicized court cases? Perhaps it is because death is less of a private matter than it once was. Today, dying more often than not occurs under medical supervision, usually in a hospital or nursing home. Actions that take place in such settings involve more people, and the resolution of disagreements among them is more likely to require formal rules and means of adjudication. Moreover, patients dying in health care institutions today typically have fewer of the sources of nonmedical support, such as family and church, that once helped people in their final days. Also important, no doubt, are the biomedical developments of the past several decades. Without removing the sense of loss, finality, and mystery that have always accompanied death, these new developments have made death more a matter of deliberate decision. For almost any life-threatening condition, some intervention can now delay the moment of death. Frequent dramatic breakthroughs-insulin, antibiotics, resuscitation, chemotherapy, kidney dialysis, and organ transplantation, to name but a few-have made it possible to retard and even to reverse many conditions that were until recently regarded as fatal. Matters once the province of fate have now become a matter of human choice, a development that has profound ethical and legal implications. Moreover, medical technology often renders patients less able to communicate or to direct the course of treatment. Even for mentally competent patients, other people must usually assist in making treatment decisions or at least acquiesce in carrying them out. Consequently, in recent years there has been a continuing clarification of the rights, duties, and liabilities of all concerned, a process in which professionals, ethical and legal commentators, and-with increasing frequency-the courts and legislatures have been involved. Thus, the Commission found this an appropriate time to reexamine the way decisions are and ought to be made about whether or not to forego life-sustaining treatment. For example, may a patient's withdrawal from treatment ever be forbidden? Should physicians acquiesce in patients' wishes regarding therapy? Should they offer patients the option to forego life-sustaining therapy? Does it make any difference if the treatment has already been started, or involves mechanical systems of life support, or is very costly?
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment
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Author : United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment written by United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Death categories.
Abstract: A comprehensive report by the US President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research addresses some of the most important and troubling ethical and legal questions in modern medicine for consideration by health care professionals, lawyers, and relatives of patients regarding the sensitive topic of voluntary cessation of life-sustaining therapy for the seriously ill. It was concluded that the cases that involve true ethical difficulties are much fewer than commonly believed and that the perception of difficulties primarily occurs because of misunderstandings about the dictates of law and ethics. It also is concluded that, while competent informed patients have the authority to decline or accept health care, others must act on the behalf of incompetent patients. The report urges that health care institutions develop and use internal review methods that permit exploration of all relevant issues. The 7 report chapters are grouped around 2 themes: the various aspects of making treatment decisions; and patient groups raising special concerns (e.g.: permanently-unconscious patients; seriously-ill newborns. (wz).
Deciding To Forego Life Substaining Treatment
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 1983
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Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment
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Author : United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment written by United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Euthanasia categories.
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment Ethical Medical And Legal Issues In Treatment Decisions
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Author : U.S. President's Commission For the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment Ethical Medical And Legal Issues In Treatment Decisions written by U.S. President's Commission For the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment
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Author : Roderick Kiewiet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
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Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment
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Author : Estados Unidos. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Deciding To Forego Life Sustaining Treatment written by Estados Unidos. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Oxford Textbook Of Palliative Medicine
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Author : Nathan I. Cherny
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Oxford Textbook Of Palliative Medicine written by Nathan I. Cherny and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Medical categories.
Emphasising the multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care the fourth edition of this text also looks at the individual professional roles that contribute to the best-quality palliative care.
Protocols For Elective Use Of Life Sustaining Treatments
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Author : Steven H. Miles
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-21
Protocols For Elective Use Of Life Sustaining Treatments written by Steven H. Miles and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Medical categories.
Institutional Protocols For Decisions About Life Sustaining Treatments
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language : en
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Release Date : 1988
Institutional Protocols For Decisions About Life Sustaining Treatments written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Critical care medicine categories.