Purpose: The purpose was to develop an end-of-life care (EOLC) policy for patients who are
dying with an advanced life limiting illness and to develop practical procedural guidelines for …

In this qualitative study, five critical care nurses and four critical care physicians were
interviewed about their experiences of the end-of-life (EOL) decision making process in …

The intensive care unit (ICU) presents daily opportunities for ethical discussions, dilemmas,
and resolutions. Issues run the gamut from competency and informed consent to surrogate …

A Reanimação Cardiopulmonar surge em 1960, para reverter paragens cardíacas, baseada
em protocolos e procedimentos simples que englobam a compressão cardíaca e a …

Background Ethical and medical criteria in the decision-making process of withholding or
withdrawal of life support therapy in critically ill patients present a great challenge in …

End of life (EOL) care is the care provided for people who are likely to die within the next 12
months (including people with incurable and life-threatening conditions and those who die …

Life-sustaining treatment limitation (LSTL) is an increasingly common practice. However, its
application is sometimes not clearly reflected in the clinical record–this giving rise to the …

Characteristics of limiting life support therapies in patients who died in the ICU SciELO -
Scientific Electronic Library Online vol.34 número4 Perfil epidemiológico de las intoxicaciones …

This commentary addresses the issue of disproportionate medical interventions for end-of-
life patients. A complex mix of sociocultural and medical factors, against the backdrop of the …

A autonomia do paciente que se encontra em fase terminal em uma UTI pode ser
demonstrada por meio do respeito à sua tomada de decisão quanto às condutas …