Top

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

Published in:

01-01-2018 | Editorials

Withholding and withdrawing life support: difficult decisions around care at the end of life

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 1/2018

Excerpt

In this issue of the Journal, the Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS) released a position paper by Bandrauk et al. 1 on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (WWLST). The authors’ objective was to create a framework for healthcare professionals to help them understand and develop an approach to end-of-life care decision-making in the intensive care unit (ICU). End-of-life care and WWLST are common issues in the ICU, and as the authors have identified in their article, these practices require careful attention to a number of ethical factors and legal precedents as well as to the context of the patient/family and healthcare professionals. This editorial provides additional comments on WWLST and end-of-life care. …

Bandrauk N, Downar J, Paunovic B; Canadian Critical Care Society Ethics Committee. Withholding and withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment: The Canadian Critical Care Society position paper. Can J Anesth 2018; 65. DOI:10.1007/s12630-017-1002-1.

Roze des Ordons A, Ajjawi R, Macdonald J, Sarti A, Lockyer J, Hartwick M. Palliative and end of life care communication as emerging priorities in postgraduate medical education. Can Med Educ J 2016; 7: e4-21.

Roze des Ordons AL, Lockyer J, Hartwick M, Sarti A, Ajjawi R. An exploration of contextual dimensions impacting goals of care conversations in postgraduate medical education. BMC Palliat Care 2016; 15: 34.

Roze des Ordons AL, Doig CJ, Couillard P, Lord J. From communication skills to skillful communication: a longitudinal integrated curriculum for critical care medicine fellows. Acad Med 2017; 92: 501-5.

Goligher EC, Ely EW, Sulmasy DP, et al. Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in the ICU: a dialogue on core ethical issues. Crit Care Med 2017; 45: 149-55.CrossRefPubMed

Sprung CL, Ledoux D, Bulow HH, et al. Relieving suffering or intentionally hastening death: where do you draw the line? Crit Care Med 2008; 36: 8-13.CrossRefPubMed

Asch DA. The role of critical care nurses in euthanasia and assisted suicide. N Engl J Med 1996; 334: 1374-9.CrossRefPubMed

Vincent JL, Schetz M, De Waele JJ, et al. “Piece” of mind: end of life in the intensive care unit statement of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine. J Crit Care 2014; 29: 174-5.CrossRefPubMed

Title: Withholding and withdrawing life support: difficult decisions around care at the end of life
Publication date: 01-01-2018
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-017-1001-2

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

Springer Medicine

Withholding and withdrawing life support: difficult decisions around care at the end of life

Excerpt

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

Springer Medicine

Excerpt

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 1/2018

Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: The Canadian Critical Care Society position paper

Limitations of pediatric supraglottic airway devices as conduits for intubation - an in vitro study

Interpretation of sleep studies for patients with sleep-disordered breathing: What the anesthesiologist needs to know

Special announcement: Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia – Revised Edition 2018

Optimizing Crisis Resource Management to Improve Patient Safety and Team Performance - A handbook for acute care health professionals

Correction to: A primer on nerve agents: what the emergency responder, anesthesiologist, and intensivist needs to know