Navigating Ethical Conflicts Between Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision-Makers' Interpretations of Patient Wishes.
Chest
; 149(2): 562-567, 2016 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-26502321
ABSTRACT
There is little guidance on what clinicians should do when advance directives (or living wills, specifically) are challenged, particularly when surrogate decision-makers' interpretations of patients' wishes conflict with the living will. In our commentary, we make a controversial argument suggesting that overriding living wills can be ethically preferable to the alternative of strictly adhering to them. We propose four ethical considerations for determining whether it is ethically supportable to override living wills.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cuidado Terminal
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Directivas Anticipadas
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Voluntad en Vida
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Toma de Decisiones
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Chest
Año:
2016
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Article