Ethics roundtable debate: Withdrawal of tube feeding in a patient with persistent vegetative state where the patient's wishes are unclear and there is family dissension

Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-84

  Buckley, Tom ^a   Crippen, David ^b   DeWitt, Anthony L ^c   Fisher, Malcolm ^d   Liolios, Antonios ^e   Scheetz, Christine L ^f   Whetstine, Leslie M ^g  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bartimus Frickleton Robertson O   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^g DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ethics; Surrogate; Withdrawing (life support); Withholding (life support)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBE FEEDING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NURSING HOMES; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SPOUSES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 1842531079     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2451     Document Type: Review

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