TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 17. Withholding or Withdrawing of Life-Sustaining Therapy and Administering of Palliative Care
A1  - Luce, John M.
A2  - Hall, Jesse B.
A2  - Schmidt, Gregory A.
A2  - Wood, Lawrence D.H.
PY  - 2005
T2  - Principles of Critical Care, 3e
AB  - Many,  if  not  most,  patients  who  die  in  intensive  care  units  do  so  during  the  withholding  or  withdrawing  of  life-sustaining  therapy  and  the  administering  of  palliative  care.Life-sustaining  therapy  usually  is  withheld  or  withdrawn  and  palliative  care  is  administered  because  physicians  and  patients  or  their  surrogates  agree  that  further  restorative  care  would  not  be  beneficial.Cardiopulmonary  resuscitation,  mechanical  ventilation,  and  vasoactive  drugs  are  the  therapies  most  commonly  withheld  or  withdrawn.Palliative  care  involves  attention  to  the  physical,  emotional,  and  spiritual  needs  of  patients  and  their  families.Withholding  or  withdrawing  of  life-sustaining  therapy  and  administering  of  palliative  care  are  well  supported  by  ethical  pronouncements  and  case  law.  
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Y2  - 2023/12/02
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