Conscientious Objection to Aggressive Interventions for Patients in a Vegetative State.
Some physicians refuse to perform life-sustaining interventions, such as tracheostomy, on patients who are very likely to remain permanently unconscious. To explain their refusal, these clinicians often invoke the language of "futility", but this can be inaccurate and can mask problematic forms of c...
| Published in: | American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 10 - 22 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | case study Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2025
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |