EthicsEnd of lifePalliative careHospiceMedical decision-makingDouble effectThe combination of increased life span and medical interventions has created sometimes a protracted dying process, which is the source of many ethical concerns at the end of life. Basic ethical principles, ie, autonomy, non...
Key Concepts and Issues in Nursing Ethics Janet Holt 166 Accesses Abstract This chapter explores the ethical, legal and professional issues that healthcare professionals face when caring for individuals at the end of life. Contemporary guidance will be drawn upon along with an evolving case study ...
reports on topics, including the care of diverse populations, the care of patients with radiation injuries and ethical issues related to end of life care, which were discussed at the May 2013 international conference of the International Centre for Nursing Ethics, which was held in Melbourne, ...
of a physician to alleviate pain as to smooth the avenuesof death...as to cure disease.”2Ethical Principles and End-of-Life CareAn understanding of the principles that underlie biomedicalethics is important in addressing the issues that confrontphysicians and their patients at the end of life....
Key Concepts and Issues in Nursing Ethics Janet Holt 7706Accesses Abstract This chapter explores the ethical, legal and professional issues that healthcare professionals face when caring for individuals at the end of life. Contemporary guidance will be drawn upon along with an evolving case study and...
This anthology deftly introduces students to the massive medical ethics literature on end-of-life issues, such as refusal of treatment, surrogate decision making, resuscitation policies, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. Although end-of-life issues are central, this text could be easily used as the...
This article presents actual and potential outcomes from three challenging end-of-life case studies using Mattison's ethical decision-making model as a framework. The case studies were drawn from student interviews with experienced master's-level social workers. This pedagogical article helps to ...
Ethics and artificial nutrition towards the end of life. The article explores the ethical issues relating to patients with oral feeding difficulties (OFD). It describes the dilemma posed by caring for patients wi... Jones,B. J. - 《Clinical Medicine》 被引量: 12发表: 2010年 Nutritional suppo...
The issues surrounding end-of-life and medical futility are often very challenging and when confounded with misunderstandings about the difference between withholding or withdrawing certain treatments while never withholding care these issues can easily
When making end-of-life decisions in intensive care units (ICUs), different staff groups have different roles in the decision-making process and may not always assess the situation in the same way. The aim of this study was to examine the challenges Danish nurses, intensivists, and primary ...