Do Everything, Responding to Requests for Futile and Potentially Inappropriate Treatments
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Publication Date
4-10-2018
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Keywords
ethics, potentially inappropriate treatment, guidelines
Disciplines
Bioethics and Medical Ethics
Description
Managing requests for potentially inappropriate treatment is deceptively complex and exposes unanswered questions about the boundaries of good medical practice in patients with advanced illness. This talk summarizes released guidelines from five major US and European critical care societies on how to respond to such requests and how to proceed in the face of intractable conflict.
Department
Biomedical Ethics
Recommended Citation
White, Douglas, "Do Everything, Responding to Requests for Futile and Potentially Inappropriate Treatments" (2018). Current Videos. 22.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/ethicsvideos/22
Comments
Goldman-Berland Lectureship in Palliative Medicine