(DOWNLOAD) "Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment: Practical Applications of Ethical Principles in End-Of-Life Care." by South African Journal of Bioethics and Law ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment: Practical Applications of Ethical Principles in End-Of-Life Care.
- Author : South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 263 KB
Description
Consideration of withholding or withdrawing treatment as a sound clinical decision developed as a consequence of the availability of advanced medical technology and the resultant ability to prolong life that in some cases is in fact unwanted prolongation of the dying process. This prolongation of life may occur without allowing for patient perspectives such as quality of life, being close to family members at a critical stage of life, and the implications of provision of end-of-life care in the alien environment of the hospital or intensive care unit. Many people fear the process of dying rather than the fact of dying. This fear is often associated with interventions that may be undertaken at the end of life as well as with the knowledge that suffering may be a part of dying and that both may be associated with loss of dignity of the individual.
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