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Physicians’ attitudes and experiences about withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in pediatrics: a systematic review of quantitative evidence [PDF]

open access: goldBMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background One of the most important and ethically challenging decisions made for children with life-limiting conditions is withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatments (LST).
Yajing Zhong   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Withholding treatment and intellectual disability: Second survey on end-of-life decisions in Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yesSAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Background: As people live longer, they are more likely to die over a prolonged period from incurable, chronic illnesses that occur more frequently in old age. Therefore, people will experience an increase in end-of-life discussions and decisions.
Monika T Wicki
doaj   +2 more sources

Changes in the incidence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before and after implementation of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Act [PDF]

open access: yesAcute and Critical Care, 2022
Background The Life-Sustaining Treatment (LST) Decisions Act allows withholding and withdrawal of LST, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Hyunjae Im   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders from an Islamic Perspective

open access: yesDarulfunun Ilahiyat, 2022
In modern medicine and technologies, it is commonly accepted and recognized by the laws in western countries that patients have decision-making rights regarding the end of their lives.
Hatice Kübra Memiş
doaj   +1 more source

Similarities and Differences Between the Jewish, Catholic and Islamic Religious Communities in Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life in Palliative Care [PDF]

open access: yesEdinost in Dialog, 2022
Ethical dilemmas in nursing are most pronounced in palliative and end-of-life care, where we meet the most demanding and complex needs of nursing care.
Rok Mihelič   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A REVIEW ON DECISION PROTOCOL AND FATWA IN MALAYSIA DISCUSSING ISSUE OF WITHHOLDING AND WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

open access: yesMalaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, 2021
Withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments is one of the hot topics discussing in intensive care unit as most of the death occurs as a result of it.
Muhamad Rafiqi Hehsan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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