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Influence of health insurance on withdrawal of life sustaining treatment for patients with isolated traumatic brain injury: a retrospective multi-center observational cohort study. [PDF]

open access: yesCrit Care
Malhotra AK   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment for Pediatric Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

open access: yesJAMA Surg
Malhotra AK   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Life-Sustaining Treatment

JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 1990
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cruzan by Cruzan v. Harmon will have a major impact on how we will care for patients in a persistent vegetative state. Each healthcare institution will need to review its life-sustaining treatment policies to match the guidelines established by the Supreme Court.
C M, Smejkal, F J, Hill
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Heuristics and Life-Sustaining Treatments

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2012
Surrogates' decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments (LSTs) are pervasive. However, the factors influencing surrogates' decisions to initiate LSTs are relatively unknown. We present evidence from two experiments indicating that some surrogates' decisions about when to initiate LSTs can be predictably manipulated.
Adam, Feltz, Stephanie, Samayoa
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Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment: Ethical Considerations

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2005
Withdrawing life-supporting technology from patients who are irremediably ill is morally troubling for caregivers, patients, and families. Interventions that enable clinicians to delay death create situations in which the dignity and comfort of dying patients may be sacrificed to spare professionals and families from their elemental fear of death ...
Sharon, Reynolds   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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