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- Title
Many Ethics Consults Involve Questions on Life-Sustaining Treatment.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the prevalence of ethics consults related to decisions about life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units, it highlights the challenges when patients' wishes are unknown or when surrogates insist on continuing treatment. It reports that ethicists play a crucial role in facilitating decision-making processes, mediating discussions, and ensuring that treatment decisions align with the patient's values and best interests.
- Subjects
TRACHEOTOMY; PATIENT autonomy; MEDICAL ethics consultation; TERMINATION of treatment; DECISION making in clinical medicine; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; LIFE support systems in critical care; INTENSIVE care units; COMMUNICATION
- Publication
Medical Ethics Advisor, 2024, Vol 40, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0886-0653
- Publication type
Article