Withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment?A physician's personal reflection
✍ Scribed by Lin, Richard J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1080-4013
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The decision to withhold or withdraw artificially provided hydration and nutrition is one which evolves over time and must be made jointly by the medical team and the patient's family. Although withholding nutrition can be argued to be ethical and appropriate for certain clinical scenarios, it is still a decision which can be difficult to make and, because of different social and legal issues, can be difficult to carry out. This is the story of one physician's journey as he worked with the mother and father of a young child who suffered a severe neurological injury and was left in a persistent vegetative state. MRDD Research Reviews 2003;9:10–15. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.