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Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment
2001First of all, I would like to outline the use of the terms ‘withholding treatment’ and ‘withdrawing treatment’. They belong to the conceptual category of ‘medical decisions at the end of life’, including euthanasia. In contrast to killing, euthanasia only takes place when death is imminent — then and only then.
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Withholding or withdrawing treatment
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 1999In 1999 the British Medical Association (BMA) published guidance on withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging medical treatment (BMA, 1999). Over 2000 people responded to the preceding consultation exercise, and the resulting document was long-awaited by many health professionals.
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The Physician's Authority to Withhold Futile Treatment
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 1995The debate over futility is driven, in part, by physicians' desire to recover some measure of decision-making authority from their patients. The standard approach begins by noting that certain interventions are futile for certain patients and then asserts that doctors have no obligation to provide futile treatment.
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Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment
2013The ethics of decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapies are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the ethical and moral distinctions - or lack thereof - between withholding and withdrawing. The ethical principles informing decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy are covered, along with the difficulty of making such decisions in ...
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Withholding life‐prolonging treatment
Anaesthesia, 2005S M, White, T J, Baldwin
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Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment
Abstract The right of patients to withhold and withdraw from healthcare treatment is based on the principle of autonomy and the moral obligation of practitioners to pursue the patient’s best interests and “first do no harm.” The patient’s autonomy is protected through informed consent, living wills, durable power of attorney for ...openaire +1 more source

