Terminal Care - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Effect of a supplement clarifying patients' intentions on doctors' willingness to follow the wishes of an agent with medical enduring power of attorney.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Doctors have concerns about withholding medical treatment at the request of a legally appointed surrogate. We examined whether the addition of statements to a medical enduring power of attorney to clarify the intent of the person ... Read more...

Clinical report--Forgoing medically provided nutrition and hydration in children.

25 Jul 2009 There is broad consensus that withholding or withdrawing medical interventions is morally permissible when requested by competent patients or, in the case of patients without decision-making capacity, when the interventions no longer confer a ... Read more...

[Withholding and withdrawal decisions in oncology: legal frame and practice]

29 Jun 2009 Whereas medicine is progressing in illness treatment that used to be incurable, physicians are still faced with treatment failure. Hippocrates used to say: "primum non nocere" [1]. When the patient cannot expect benefit from potentially aggressive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Terminal Care - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The case for killing granny. Rethinking end-of-life care. 19 Sep 2009
• I was a teenage death panelist. 19 Sep 2009
• [Patient autonomy at the end of life: "law regarding advance directives" confirms the previously assumed legal status] 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of a supplement clarifying patients' intentions on doctors' willingness to follow the wishes of an agent with medical enduring power of attorney. 30 Aug 2009
• The saddest debate of all. 30 Jul 2009
• Clinical report--Forgoing medically provided nutrition and hydration in children. 25 Jul 2009
• [Withholding and withdrawal decisions in oncology: legal frame and practice] 29 Jun 2009
• [April 22nd, 2005 law of patients' rights and end of life: not a well-known law due to poor communication] 18 Jun 2009
• Navigating the chasm between religious and secular perspectives in modern bioethics. 30 May 2009
• [Intensive care at the end of life] 30 May 2009
• Diversion of opioid pain medications at end-of-life. 24 May 2009
• Italy urged to give end-of-life bill more time for debate. 23 Apr 2009
• Respecting autonomy in young people. 30 Mar 2009
• [Advance directives for end-of-life care] 30 Mar 2009
• [Learned societies and end of life...] 15 Mar 2009
• GMC is to reconsider guidance on end of life care. 28 Feb 2009
• [The end of life and the public health] 27 Feb 2009
• [Manifestation to support the accused physician!] 27 Feb 2009
• [The incident is a clear violation] 27 Feb 2009
• [The Medical Association has acted strongly--now we must await the judicial process] 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Terminal Care'

Definition: Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness.

Descriptor UI: D013727

Alternative terms: Terminal Care; Care, Terminal;

Related Mesh Headings: Life Support Care; Palliative Care; Hospice Care; Advance Care Planning;

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

Tree Number: E02.760.905; N02.421.585.905;

History Note: 68(64)

Technical Notes: med & nurs care for the patient: TERMINALLY ILL refers to the patient; also available is HOSPICE CARE (palliative & supportive care for the patient & family)