Ethics and Law in Critical Care: Withholding and withdrawing treatment

Kevin Rooney; N. A. Pace

Ethics and Law in Critical Care: Withholding and withdrawing treatment

Kevin Rooney
, N. A. Pace

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Abstract

Many years ago medicine could not offer critically ill patients very much apart from a sympathetic ear and a comforting word. Since then, thanks to technology, the art of medicine has made rapid progress. Today doctors can choose from a vast array of interventions that can keep almost anyone alive, sometimes almost indefinitely. However, despite all the attendant benefits, their greater availability and use has presented medicine and society with unprecedented ethical, legal, and economic dilemmas. The advancement of medicine has become a two-edged sword.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine Trieste, Italy — November 15–19, 2002 Volume II
Editors	Antonino Gullo
Place of Publication	Milan
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Mailand
Pages	1263-127
ISBN (Electronic)	9788847022157
ISBN (Print)	9788847001947
Publication status	Published - 2003

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Rooney, Kevin ; Pace, N. A. / Ethics and Law in Critical Care : Withholding and withdrawing treatment. Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.: Proceedings of the 17th Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine Trieste, Italy — November 15–19, 2002 Volume II. editor / Antonino Gullo. Milan : Springer-Verlag Mailand, 2003. pp. 1263-127

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Ethics and Law in Critical Care: Withholding and withdrawing treatment. / Rooney, Kevin; Pace, N. A.
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.: Proceedings of the 17th Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine Trieste, Italy — November 15–19, 2002 Volume II. ed. / Antonino Gullo. Milan: Springer-Verlag Mailand, 2003. p. 1263-127.

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