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IPOST Essentials, April 28, 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
IPOST stands for: Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment. The IPOST is a standardized, clearly identifiable one page, salmon colored form. The IPOST allows an individual to communicate their treatment preferences for life-sustaining treatments ...

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Omissions, causation, and responsibility - A reply to McLachlan and Coggon [PDF]

, 2011
In this paper I discuss a recent exchange of articles between Hugh McLachlan and John Coggon on the relationship between omissions, causation and moral responsibility.
McGee, Andrew
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Quality of End-of-Life Cancer Care for Medicare Beneficiaries [PDF]

, 2010
The report shows that many challenges remain to improving the care of patients with serious, life-limiting illness. For more than 20 years, the Dartmouth Atlas Project has documented glaring variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in

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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
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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
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End of Life Care Practices for Patients Who Die in Intensive Care Units (ICU) [PDF]

, 2017
Today, one in five hospital deaths happens in the intensive care unit with the expectation of twice as many by 2030. Increasing, mortality has triggered a growing attention to end-of-life (EOL) care in the ICU.
Ghabeljoo, Jila
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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., Dijkstra, G.J., Franssen, C.F., Gansevoort, R.T., Izaks, G.J., Jager, K.J., Kuiper, D., Reijneveld, S.A., Visser, A.   +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, Beata Rybojad, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Anna Aftyka   +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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