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The persistent vegetative state: legal and ethical issues [PDF]

, 1995
Recent advances in technology and medical expertise have enabled doctors to prolong the lives of many severely injured patients who only a few years ago would have died from their injuries. The prolongation of life by such measures has raised many legal,
Dobson, Rosemary
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Accepting or declining dialysis: considerations taken into account by elderly patients with end-stage renal disease [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Elderly patients with end-stage renal disease have to make a difficult decision whether or not to start dialysis. This study explores the considerations taken into account by these patients in decision-making regarding renal replacement ...
de Jong, P.E. +8 more
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Futile therapy protocols: A 3-year review of the implementation of Polish guidelines on ineffective organ function maintenance in pediatric intensive care unit—A pilot study

BMC Palliative Care
Background and objectives This study aimed to evaluate the implementation and impact of futile therapy (FT) protocols in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in Poland.
Maria Damps +3 more
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Assessing Evidence for Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Programs [PDF]

, 2016
Hickman, Susan E., Moss, Alvin H., Tolle, Susan W. +2 more
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Current Literature [PDF]

, 1993
Material appearing below is thought to be of particular interest to Linacre Quarterly readers because of its moral, religious, or philosophic content. The medical literature constitutes the primary, but not the sole source of such material.
Catholic Physicians\u27 Guild
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Attitude and practice of pediatrics and gynecology physicians in the cities of Sari and Babol regarding non-initiation and discontinuation of resuscitation in cases of gravely Ill newborns

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2009
(Received 6 June, 2009; Accepted 23 July, 2009)AbstractBackground and purpose: There are some debates with decision making for withdrawal/ withholding of life sustaining treatment in infants with adverse prognoses and incurable conditions. This study is
Vajiheh Ghaffari Saravi +5 more
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Changing Roman Catholic Attitudes Toward Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatments [PDF]