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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 3/2005

01-03-2005 | News

Withdrawal of feeding-tubes from incompetent patients: the Terri Schiavo case raises new issues regarding who decides in end-of-life decision making

Author: Henry J. Silverman

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 3/2005

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Decisions regarding life-sustaining treatments at the end-of-life frequently raise issues regarding who is authorized to decide for incapacitated persons, and what decision-making standards should guide such decisions. A recent case in the United States exemplifies these issues, but it also raises the additional issue of who is to adjudicate disputes that occur between family members regarding these end-of-life issues: the state legislature or the state judiciary. …
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Metadata
Title
Withdrawal of feeding-tubes from incompetent patients: the Terri Schiavo case raises new issues regarding who decides in end-of-life decision making
Author
Henry J. Silverman
Publication date
01-03-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 3/2005
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2542-8

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