Physicians’ Non-Compliance with Patients’ Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment
作者:
Michael Kaye,
Paul Bourgouin,
Graeme Low,
期刊:
American Journal of Nephrology
(Karger Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 4
页码: 304-312
ISSN:0250-8095
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1159/000167491
出版商: S. Karger AG
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Should.patients be treated when they have specifically refused treatment? Three competent patients are described with end-stage renal disease who, against the advice of their family, friends and care-givers, refused dialysis. Each was treated and subsequently they acknowledged their satisfaction with the outcome. Guidelines for treating patients when consent is refused are discussed and it is suggested that this is permissible in life-saving situations where the patients’ refusal is idiosyncratic and irrationa
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