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Reversals and limitations on high-intensity, life-sustaining treatments. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Critically ill patients often receive high-intensity life sustaining treatments (LST) in the intensive care unit (ICU), although they can be ineffective and eventually undesired.
Gustavo Chavez, Ilana B Richman, Rajani Kaimal, Jason Bentley, Lee Ann Yasukawa, Russ B Altman, Vyjeyanthi S Periyakoil, Jonathan H Chen   +7 more
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Comparison of factors influencing the decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment in intensive care unit patients after implementation of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Act in Korea [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care
Background The decision to discontinue intensive care unit (ICU) treatment during the end-of-life stage has recently become a significant concern in Korea, with an observed increase in life-sustaining treatment (LST) withdrawal. There is a growing demand
Claire Junga Kim, Kyung Sook Hong, Sooyoung Cho, Jin Park   +3 more
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Choosing and Doing wisely: triage level I resuscitation a possible new field for starting palliative care and avoiding low-value care – a nationwide matched-pair retrospective cohort study in Taiwan

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background The association between palliative care and life-sustaining treatment following emergency department (ED) resuscitation is unclear. This study aims to analyze the usage of palliative care and life-sustaining treatments among ED triage level I ...
Chih-Yuan Lin, Yue-Chune Lee
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Adding Life to Years: Comprehensive end-of-life care for all

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
This study builds upon our 2019 End-of-Life Care (EoLC) research, focusing on enhancing the quality and accessibility of EoLC in Hong Kong. With the introduction of the Advance Decision on Life-sustaining Treatment Bill, we identified the need for a ...
Ryan IP, Dicky Chow, Dorothy Yeung, Jessie Zhang, Betty Shu   +4 more
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A Life Below the Threshold? Examining Conflict Between Ethical Principles and Parental Values In Neonatal Treatment Decision Making [PDF]

, 2016
Three common ethical principles for establishing the limits of parental authority in pediatric treatment decision making are the harm principle, the principle of best interest, and the threshold view.
Cunningham, Thomas V.
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Characteristics and outcomes of patients with do-not-resuscitate and physician orders for life-sustaining treatment in a medical intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Palliative Care
Background In the intensive care unit (ICU), we may encounter patients who have completed a Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) or a Physician Orders to Stop Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.
Song-I Lee, Ye-Rin Ju, Da Hyun Kang, Jeong Eun Lee   +3 more
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Preferences and Attitudes Towards Life-Sustaining Treatments of Older Chinese Patients and Their Family Caregivers

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2023
Tingting Zhu,1,2 Dongling Liu,1 Agnes van der Heide,2 Ida J Korfage,2 Judith AC Rietjens2 1Department of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center ...
Zhu T, Liu D, van der Heide A, Korfage IJ, Rietjens JA   +4 more
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Common Law Roadmap for State Courts [PDF]

, 1997
Part I examines the development of the law legalizing passively hastening death and how this development relied significantly on distinguishing passively hastening death from actively hastening death.
Meisel, Alan
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A Moment in Human Development: Legal Protection, Ethical Standards and Social Policy on the Selective Non-Treatment of Handicapped Neonates [PDF]

, 1985
Selective non-treatment decisions involving severely handicapped neonates have recently come under renewed judicial and legislative scrutiny. In this article, the author examines the legal, ethical and social considerations attendant to the non-treatment
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Comparing withdrawal and not withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment among patients who died from stroke

Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2015
Eirik Helvig,1 Lars Thomassen,2 Ulrike Waje-Andreassen,2 Halvor Naess3 1Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Liesgt, Bergen, 2Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, 3Centre for Age-related Medicine ...
Helvig E, Thomassen L, Waje-Andreassen U, Naess H   +3 more
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