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Opinion of Polish doctors on the use of futile therapy. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Public Health
Damps M   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stopping anticoagulation for isolated or incidental subsegmental pulmonary embolism: the challenges and lessons from the STOPAPE RCT.

open access: yesHealth Technol Assess
Lasserson D   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ethical aspects of withdrawing and withholding treatment

Nursing Standard, 2007
Decisions about withdrawing and withholding treatment are common in health care. During almost every encounter between health professionals and patients a decision needs to be made about treatment options. In most cases these choices do not pose any difficulty, for example, starting antibiotics when a patient has an infection. However, decisions not to
Wainwright, P, Gallagher, A
openaire   +5 more sources

To treat or not to treat

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2013
Decisions to limit life-sustaining therapy (DLLST) in the ICU are used to uphold patients' autonomy, protect them from non-beneficial treatment and fairly distribute resources. The institution of these decisions is complex, with a variety of qualitative and quantitative data published.
Rinaldo Bellomo   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Nurse's, physician's and family member's experiences of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment process in an intensive care unit.

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2022
AIMS To explore nurse's, physician's and family member's experiences of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in an intensive care unit. BACKGROUND In South Korea, withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment is legalised by the ...
H. Choi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (including artificial nutrition and hydration)

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 2021
Life-sustaining treatment is any treatment that serves to prolong life without reversing the underlying medical condition. It includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, haemodialysis, left ventricular assist devices, antibiotics, and
Danielle Ko   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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