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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26791| Title: | Witholding and withdrawing treatments : ethics at the bedside |
| Authors: | Agius, Emmanuel |
| Keywords: | Bioethics -- Malta -- Congresses Informed consent (Medical law) -- Moral and ethical aspects Medical ethics Patient refusal of treatment Therapeutics -- Moral and ethical aspects |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | Bioethics Consultative Committee |
| Citation: | Agius, E. (2002). Witholding and withdrawing treatments : ethics at the bedside. Bioethical issues at the beginning and end of life, Malta. 125-134 |
| Abstract: | in the last few decades it has become clear that treatment should not be prolonged indefinitely, when it has ceased to provide a benefit for the patient. Mechanical respirators, artificial hearts, dialysis machines, and resuscitation techniques can prolong the act of dying and at great financial, social, and emotional costs to individuals and society. Now the central ethical question is: When is it morally permissible or even mandatory to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments? How is Hippocrates' moral dictum to be implemented amid the technical complexities of contemporary medicine? |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26791 |
| ISBN: | 9990999333 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bioethical issues at the beginning and end of life |
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| WITHHOLDING AND WITHDRAWING.pdf | 358.08 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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