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ECMO as a Palliative Bridge to Death
Am J Bioeth. 2023 Jun;23(6):35-38. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2201217.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37220349 | DOI:10.1080/15265161.2023.2201217
Source: The American Journal of Bioethics : AJOB - May 23, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Rachel Rutz Voumard Zied Ltaief Lucas Liaudet Ralf J Jox Source Type: research
Raising the Dead? Limits of CPR and Harms of Defensive Practices
We describe the case of an eighty-four-year-old man with disseminated lung cancer who had been receiving palliative care in the hospital and was found by nursing staff unresponsive, with clinically obvious signs of death, including rigor mortis. Because there was no documentation to the contrary, the nurses commenced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and called a code blue, resulting in resuscitative efforts that continued for around twenty minutes. In discussion with the hospital ethicist, senior nurses justified these actions, mainly citing disciplinary and medicolegal concerns. We argue that moral harms arise from CPR perfo...
Source: The Hastings Center Report - December 20, 2022 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: George Skowronski Ian Kerridge Edwina Light Gemma McErlean Cameron Stewart Anne Preisz Linda Sheahan Source Type: research
