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An analysis of medical futility dilemmas
Medical futility has caused serious dilemmas in the fields of medicine and bioethics recently. It has become more confusing due to the use of high technological equipment and medicines that are given to prolong life and interrupt the natural process of death; Therefore, we have created a dilemma of …
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The Future of Medical Futility in Ontario
Medical futility is a topic plagued by controversy. The medico-legal community has long debated the definition of medical futility and whether the concept, however defined, can be used by physicians to justify withholding or withdrawing treatment. In Ontario, the present dominance of patient …
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The Ethics of Futility Across the Age Continuum
<p>Much has been written on the topic of medical futility with reports of its existence dating back to the time of Hippocrates. However, the majority of the research on the topic has been on the adult population. Very little literature addresses the presence of medically futile treatment across the …
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[Title missing] : on the metaphysics and ethics of omissions.
… and then apply that analysis to an issue in medical ethics. One omits when they don't act in a particular way, can act in that way, the action was required for some further activity, and one is already (in some sense) engaged in that further activity. I argue, contrary to contemporary …
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Ethical Decision-Making among Critical Care Unit Nurses
… health costs, rationing of health care and medical technology have put critical care unit (CCU) nurses in complex environments where they must face ethical conflict. CCU nurses find themselves ill equipped to make sound decisions concerning ethical dilemmas. Nurses must ensure the patient's …
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An Ethical Framework for Organizational Resource Allocation for Patient Services in Health Care
<p>Unanswered questions on how to allocate scarce resources in health care settings are often left to either bedside decision-making or, at best, the organizational policy level. Yet, there is little attention and no consensus on how organizational policy should address resource allocation in …