Life Support Care - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Terri Schiavo saga: ethical and legal aspects and implications for clinicians.

30 Aug 2009 On March 31, 2005, Terri Schiavo (born December 3, 1963) died -- the final complication of a cardiac arrest on February 25, 1990. Her death was preceded by the withdrawal of artificially administered hydration and nutrition through a feeding tube. ... Read more...

A history of ethics and law in the intensive care unit.

30 Dec 2008 Because they provide potential benefit at great personal and public cost, the intensive care unit (ICU) and the interventions rendered therein have become symbols of both the promise and the limitations of medical technology. At the same time, the ... Read more...

[The law number 2005-370 of April 22, 2005 concerning the patients' rights at the end of life: a case of prehospital medicine]

4 Nov 2008 The law number 2005-370 of April 22, 2005 concerning the patients' rights at the end of life imposes from now the refusal of futility of care, a shared decision-making in unconscious patients and the duty of a palliative strategy. Our observation ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Life Support Care - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The Terri Schiavo saga: ethical and legal aspects and implications for clinicians. 30 Aug 2009
• [Premature infants' right to cae and the unwillingness to modify the view on abortions] 30 Aug 2009
• [Difficult questions must be further illuminated in the debate on extremely premature infants] 30 Aug 2009
• [Abuse is not excluded. The new regulation applies also without patient advance directives! (interview by Dr. med. Horst Gross)] 18 Aug 2009
• [What is changing, what is becoming simpler--and where there are dangers. What will the new regulation for patient advance directives entail?] 18 Aug 2009
• [The question worth a more nuanced discussion] 30 Jul 2009
• [The decision can't be made by the parents alone] 30 Jul 2009
• [Extremely premature infants: When to try saving them--and who is to decide?] 29 Jun 2009
• Italy urged to give end-of-life bill more time for debate. 23 Apr 2009
• [Who will decide to withdraw life support treatment of children?] 30 Mar 2009
• GMC is to reconsider guidance on end of life care. 28 Feb 2009
• A history of ethics and law in the intensive care unit. 30 Dec 2008
• [The law number 2005-370 of April 22, 2005 concerning the patients' rights at the end of life: a case of prehospital medicine] 4 Nov 2008
• A paper about a piece of paper. Regulatory action as the most effective way to promote use of physician orders for life-sustaining treatment. 29 Sep 2008
• Mental Capacity Act 2005: advanced decisions to refuse treatment. 30 Jul 2008
• Foreword: can Glucksberg survive Lawrence? Another look at the end of life and personal autonomy. 30 May 2008
• In the laboratory of the states: the progress of Glucksberg's invitation to states to address end-of-life choice. 30 May 2008
• [From case to case: making a decision about life] 29 Apr 2008
• [Passive euthanasia in clinical practice--the medical decision reflected in the legal position] 29 Apr 2008
• [End-of-life care--reports from Helsetilsynet] Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Life Support Care'

Definition: Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.

Descriptor UI: D008020

Alternative terms: Life Support Care; Care, Life Support; Prolongation of Life; Life Prolongation; Extraordinary Treatment; Extraordinary Treatments; Treatment, Extraordinary; Treatments, Extraordinary;

Related Mesh Headings: Resuscitation Orders;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.760.440; N02.421.585.440;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: extraordinary measures in patient care: do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS which is non-med