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On the ethics of withholding and withdrawing medical treatment
A general rationale is presented for withholding and withdrawing medical treatment in end-of-life situations, and an argument is offered for the moral irrelevance of the distinction, both in the context of pharmaceutical treatments, such as chemotherapy in cancer, and in the context of life-sustaini...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107538/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-9-39 |