Results 61 to 70 of about 101,150 (170)

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
doaj  

Próba oceny sytuacji granicznych związanych z chorobą i umieraniem [DEATH AND DYING – BO RDERLINE CASES] [PDF]

Analiza i Egzystencja, 2013
The aim of this article is an attempt to evaluate the following issues related to thelast stage of illness and death: discontinue of artificial nutrition and hydration, discontinueor refrain from life-saving therapy or palliative sedation.Mentioned cases
Bogna Wach
doaj  

Process of life-sustaining treatment in general hospital: withholding and withdrawing

Revista de Bioética y Derecho, 2011
Introducción: La limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico (LET) es una práctica frecuente en los Servicios de Medicina Intensiva (SMI) que asocia a una mortalidad elevada.
Lorenzo Socias Crespí, Rosa Poyo-Guerrero Lahoz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Literature Review: Palliative Care in Intensive Care Units

JAI (Jurnal Anestesiologi Indonesia)
Palliative care is defined as care with an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families in dealing with problems associated with life-threatening illnesses.
Novi Dwi Akhsaniati, Bowo Adiyanto
doaj   +1 more source

Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment in children

Western Journal of Medicine, 2000
The decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from a child is always a difficult one. As health care professionals and parents seek to do what is best for a child, they may face the difficult challenge of determining when the benefits of a medical treatment no longer justify the burdens imposed on the child.
openaire   +3 more sources

Critical care nurses' perceptions toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments: a phenomenology study

Jurnal Ners
Introduction: Withdrawing life-sustaining measures involves complex legal and ethical considerations, and few healthcare providers have received specialized training in this area.
Ibrahim Ahmd Alabd, Sahar Yassien Mohammad, Dalia Ali Ameen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Beata Rybojad, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Anna Aftyka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taking No for an Answer—Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment

AMA Journal of Ethics, 2010
If treatment may prolong death rather than saving a life, physicians must honor the informed refusal of life-sustaining intervention. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
openaire   +2 more sources

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, Mehran Zarghami, Fatemeh Sheikh Moonesi, Susan Moodi, Fatemeh Khadem, Mohsen Karami   +5 more
doaj  

Swedish Intensive Care Physicians' Attitudes Towards Withholding or Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment in Critically Ill Children. [PDF]

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
Ahlerup M, Malmgren J, Castellheim AG, Holmén J, Ingemansson O, Sandman L, Hergès HO, Block L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source