Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 12. Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment

Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology: Chapter 12. Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment
ISBN-10
0128080744
ISBN-13
9780128080740
Series
Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology
Category
Medical
Pages
472
Language
English
Published
2014-01-09
Publisher
Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Author
Thomas I. Cochrane

Description

The ethics of decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapies are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the ethical and moral distinctions – or lack thereof – between withholding and withdrawing. The ethical principles informing decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy are covered, along with the difficulty of making such decisions in the face of prognostic uncertainty. Specific advice is provided regarding the decision-making process, and recent literature regarding decision-making in the neurologic intensive care unit is reviewed.

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