Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment in The Seriously or Terminally Ill  

Oleh:

Breen, Kerry J. ; Cordner, Stephen M. ; Thomson, Colin J. H. ; Plueckhahn, Vernon D.

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Good Medical Practice Professionalism, Ethics and Law, page 331-343.
Topik: Newborn Infants; Refusal of Medical Treatment; Post-Coma Unresponsiveness; Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide; Medical Profession
Fulltext: Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment in The Seriously or Terminally Ill.pdf (149.67KB)

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The capacity to save lives through advances in treatments, especially the use of intensive care and life-support systems, is one of the ‘miracles of modern medicine’. However, these advances have created ethical and legal questions for the medical profession, legislators, the courts and the community. Some of these questions have been resolved by new legislation, for example the rede?ning of death to include brain death and the separate laws that give force to advance care directives. Other questions have been addressed by new ethical guidelines, for example in regard to the care of patients in post-coma unresponsiveness (previously known as the ‘vegetative state’). Further questions continue to confront the community, for example the ongoing debate about euthanasia. This chapter outlines the law and the professional and legal responsibilities of doctors in these areas, but does not enter into the wider social, ethical and philosophical debate surrounding euthanasia.

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