Withdrawal of ventilation at the patient's request in MND: A retrospective exploration of the ethical and legal issues that have arisen for doctors in the UK

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 189-196

  Phelps, Kay ^a   Regen, Emma ^a   Oliver, David ^b,c   McDermott, Chris ^d   Faull, Christina ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Wisdom Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering   (United Kingdom)

^f DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 85020785678     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000826     Document Type: Article

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