Literature DB >> 8443941

Forgoing life-supporting or death-prolonging therapy: a policy statement.

J P Orlowski1, R L Collins, S N Cancian.   

Abstract

Avoiding death is not always the preeminent goal of health care, and decisions about the use of life-supporting treatment may either hasten or forestall death. What are the health care professional's responsibilities regarding the use of life-supporting therapy? This report offers general and specific guidelines for termination of life-supporting treatment.

Keywords:  Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Death and Euthanasia

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Year:  1993        PMID： 8443941     DOI： 10.3949/ccjm.60.1.81

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cleve Clin J Med        ISSN： 0891-1150            Impact factor:   2.321


  2 in total

1.  On the Edge of Life, I: Assessment of, Reaction to, and Management of the Terminally Ill Recorded in an Intensive Care Unit Journal.

Authors:  Mikkael A. Sekeres; Theodore A. Stern
Journal:  Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry       Date:  2002-10

Review 2.  Withholding and withdrawing life support in critical care settings: ethical issues concerning consent.

Authors:  E Gedge; M Giacomini; D Cook
Journal:  J Med Ethics       Date:  2007-04       Impact factor: 2.903
  2 in total

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