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...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 10 - 22 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | case study Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2025
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |