Problems of surrogate decision – making 1st part – Absence of Mandatory Directive for Treatment
Authors:
J. Kawalec
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav pro humanitní studia v lékařství 1. LF UK, Praha
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2008; 147: 141-143
Category:
Review Article
Overview
Recently, due to the progress of modern medicine, physicians get into situation when the patient is unable to decide about his treatment, but the decision has to be done and moreover with all respect to fundamental principles of medical ethics. There are two principal questions: „How to make the decision?“ and „Who should make the decision“. The answer is more complicated and in this article I am trying to show some possible approaches.
Key words:
incompetent patient, advance directive, decision about treatment. Ka.
Sources
1. Beauchamp, T. L., Childress, J. F.: Principles of biomedical ethics; fifht edition; Oxford University press 2001, s. 98–104; Thomas A. Mappes: Some Reflections on Advance Directives, APA Newsletters, 1998, 98.
2. Beauchamp, T. L., Childress, J. F.: Principles of biomedical ethics; fifht edition; Oxford University press 2001, s. 98–103, 154–157.
3. Ikonomidis, S.: Autonomy, liberalism and advance care planning; Joint Centre for Bioethics; Univerzity of Toronto, 1997; Beauchamp, T. L., Childress, J. F.: Principles of biomedical ethics; fifht edition; Oxford University press 2001, s. 99–101.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
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