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Controversies surrounding continuous deep sedation at the end of life : the parliamentary and societal debates in France [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Continuous deep sedation at the end of life is a practice that has been the topic of considerable ethical debate, for example surrounding its perceived similarity or dissimilarity with physician-assisted dying.
Chambaere, Kenneth, Raus, Kasper, Sterckx, Sigrid   +2 more
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Acceleration of Flower Bud Differentiation of Runner Plants in “Maehyang” Strawberries Using Nutrient Solution Resupply during the Nursery Period

Agronomy, 2020
The forced cultivation of strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) requires fast flower bud differentiation. Using temporary nutrient-withholding periods is a common management practice for inducing flower bud differentiation at strawberry nurseries in ...
Hee Sung Hwang, Hyeon Woo Jeong, Hye Ri Lee, Hyeon Gyu Jo, Hyeon Min Kim, Seung Jae Hwang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Share Withholding Attack in Blockchain Mining: Technical Report [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Cryptocurrency achieves distributed consensus using proof of work (PoW). Prior research in blockchain security identified financially incentivized attacks based on withholding blocks which have the attacker compromise a victim pool and pose as a PoW contributor by submitting the shares (earning credit for mining) but withholding the blocks (no actual ...
arxiv  

Renouncement of renal replacement therapy: withdrawal and refusal

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Renouncement of renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a medical dilemma. This review covers the concept, the magnitude, the prognosis, and discusses strategies and management approaches about this subject in patients with CKD and AKI. Evidence suggests that
José Andrade Moura Neto, Ana Flávia de Souza Moura, José Hermógenes Rocco Suassuna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Process of life-sustaining treatment in general hospital: withholding and withdrawing

Revista de Bioética y Derecho, 2011
Introducción: La limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico (LET) es una práctica frecuente en los Servicios de Medicina Intensiva (SMI) que asocia a una mortalidad elevada.
Lorenzo Socias Crespí, Rosa Poyo-Guerrero Lahoz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the ethics of withholding and withdrawing medical treatment [PDF]

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 2014
A general rationale is presented for withholding and withdrawing medical treatment in end-of-life situations, and an argument is offered for the moral irrelevance of the distinction, both in the context of pharmaceutical treatments, such as chemotherapy in cancer, and in the context of life-sustaining treatments, such as the
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Attitudes and behaviors of Japanese physicians concerning withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for end-of-life patients: results from an Internet survey

BMC Medical Ethics, 2007
Background Evidence concerning how Japanese physicians think and behave in specific clinical situations that involve withholding or withdrawal of medical interventions for end-of-life or frail elderly patients is yet insufficient.
Bito Seiji, Asai Atsushi
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of the end-of-life decisions of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia after the enforcement of the life-sustaining treatment decision act in Korea

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Although the Life-Sustaining Treatment (LST) Decision Act was enforced in 2018 in Korea, data on whether it is well established in actual clinical settings are limited.
Ae-Rin Baek, Sang-Bum Hong, Soohyun Bae, Hye Kyeong Park, Changhwan Kim, Hyun-Kyung Lee, Woo Hyun Cho, Jin Hyoung Kim, Youjin Chang, Heung Bum Lee, Hyun-Il Gil, Beomsu Shin, Kwang Ha Yoo, Jae Young Moon, Jee Youn Oh, Kyung Hoon Min, Kyeongman Jeon, Moon Seong Baek, and the Korean HAP/VAP Study Group   +18 more
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“We Absolutely Had the Impression That It Was Our Decision”—A Qualitative Study with Parents of Critically Ill Infants Who Participated in End-of-Life Decision Making

Children, 2022
Background: Guidelines recommend shared decision making (SDM) between neonatologists and parents when a decision has to be made about the continuation of life-sustaining treatment (LST).
Maria Florentine Beyer, Katja Kuehlmeyer, Pezi Mang, Andreas W. Flemmer, Monika Führer, Georg Marckmann, Mirjam de Vos, Esther Sabine Schouten   +7 more
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The Effect of Taxes on Multinational Debt Location [PDF]

, 2010
We provide new evidence that differences in international tax rates and tax regimes affect multinational firms\u27 debt location decisions. Our sample contains 8287 debt issues from 2437 firms headquartered in 23 different countries with debt-issuing ...
Arena, Matteo, Roper, Andrew H
core   +1 more source