Experts' attitudes towards medical futility: an empirical survey from Japan
BMC Medical Ethics, 2006 Background The current debate about medical futility is mostly driven by theoretical and personal perspectives and there is a lack of empirical data to document experts and public attitudes towards medical futility.
Asai Atsushi +2 more
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Moving on From Bland: The Evolution of the Law and Minimally Conscious Patients [PDF]
, 2014 The decision in Bland centred on the withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from a patient in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Since then, a new medical condition has emerged, known as a minimally conscious state (MCS).
Heywood, Rob
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Problem uporczywej terapii w świetle filozofii człowieka
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2009 The problem of medical futility, which combines the issues of euthanasia, is one of the most difficult matter of medical ethics. The theraphy becomes futile when a patient is in an agonizing state and none of the extraordinary actions can restore the ...
Kazimierz Szałata
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2012 Back ground Empirical surveys about medical futility are scarce relative to its theoretical assumptions. We aimed to evaluate the difference of attitudes between laypeople and physicians towards the issue.
Kadooka Yasuhiro +2 more
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When can Muslims withdraw or withhold life support? A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings
Global Bioethics, 2020 When it is ethically justifiable to stop medical treatment? For many Muslim patients, families, and clinicians this ethical question remains a challenging one as Islamic ethico-legal guidance on such matters remains scattered and difficult to interpret ...
Afshan Mohiuddin +3 more
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Attaining Good End-of-Life Care in Intensive Care Units in Taiwan—The Dilemma And the Strategy
International Journal of Gerontology, 2009 One of the major challenges for intensivists is resolving the conflicting interests in end-of-life care. We reviewed patients' characteristics in an intensive care unit to determine the major barriers of practicing good end-of-life care and the medical ...
Shih-Yi Lee +8 more
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Predictors of consciousness improvement in patients with hypoglycemic encephalopathy
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 AimsHypoglycemic encephalopathy (HE) can cause long-lasting mental changes, disability, and even death. We aimed to investigate prognostic factors for HE and to determine when the treatment of HE becomes futile.MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated the ...
Yu Eun Lee +3 more
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Study protocol for THINK : a multinational open-label phase I study to assess the safety and clinical activity of multiple administrations of NKR-2 in patients with different metastatic tumour types [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: NKR-2 are autologous T cells genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising a fusion of the natural killer group 2D (NKG2D) receptor with the CD3 zeta signalling domain, which associates with the adaptor ...
Aftimos, Philippe +15 more
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Communication challenges in end-of-life decisions
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020 With the progress in healthcare over recent decades and a growing life expectancy, discussions and decisions regarding end-of-life issues have become increasingly important. Especially in intensive care and emergency medicine there is a growing need of
Christoph Becker +3 more
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Potentially Inappropriate Admissions to the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2019 Background Admission of patients perceived as potentially inappropriate for intensive care is a very sensitive and controversial issue. We aimed to evaluate the use of medical resources in the intensive care unit (ICU) and outcomes of patients according ...
Sooim Sin, Sang-Min Lee, Jinwoo Lee
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