Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment over family objections
“We can keep your loved one alive. but we won’t. Even though you think their life is worth living, we do not.” The first time I helped a hospital convey this type of offensive message to a patient’s family, it deeply humbled me. My service on a hospital medical appropriateness review committee forged charitable respect
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Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment over family objections originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Conditions Palliative Care Source Type: blogs