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End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death.End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotional needs, physical comfort, spiritual needs, and practical tasks.
The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-398-2. Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death by Mark Fuhrman (2005), ISBN 0-06-085337-9; Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means for All of Us by David C. Gibbs III (2006), ISBN 0-7642-0243-X
In response, autonomy and quality-of-life-base arguments are made in support of euthanasia, underscored by claims that when the only way to relieve a dying patient's pain or suffering is terminal sedation with loss of consciousness, death is a preferable alternative – an argument also made in support of physician-assisted suicide.
Missouri may, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, require that an incompetent's wish to discontinue life support be proven by clear and convincing evidence before life-sustaining treatment may be withdrawn. Court membership; Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Life support comprises the treatments and techniques performed in an emergency in order to support life after the failure of one or more vital organs. Healthcare providers and emergency medical technicians are generally certified to perform basic and advanced life support procedures; however, basic life support is sometimes provided at the scene of an emergency by family members or bystanders ...
The major criticisms of the act involve the period of time allowed to transfer, and the ability of the ethics committee to make the final decision on whether continued care is considered futile. The act provides a 10-day period for the patient's family either to find another facility to accept the patient or to obtain a court injunction to ...
These are recommendations for physicians from the Code of Medical Ethics Opinion 5.7 [66] regarding end of life care: Should not abandon a patient once it is determined that a cure is impossible. Must respect patient autonomy. Must provide good communication and emotional support. Must provide appropriate comfort care and adequate pain control.
Certain ethical issues are raised by NHBD transplantation such as administering drugs which do not benefit the donor, [12] observance of the Dead-donor Rule, the decision-making surrounding resuscitation, the withdrawal of life-support, the respect for a dying patient and the dead body, as well as proper information for the family. [13]