Ethical issues in resuscitation and intensive care medicine

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作者：
Modra, Lucy [1 ]
Hilton, Andrew [1 ]
机构：
[1] Austin Hosp, Heidelberg, Vic, Australia
来源：
ANAESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE | 2013年 / 14卷 / 01期
关键词：
Advanced directives; autonomy; capacity; end of life care; elderly; futility; lasting power of attorney; rationing;
D O I：
10.1016/j.mpaic.2012.11.005
中图分类号：
R614 [麻醉学];
学科分类号：
100217 ;
摘要：
Intensive care medicine is richly endowed with ethical dilemmas, including decision-making on behalf of incompetent patients, withdrawal of treatment decisions and rationing of limited resources. Intensive care physicians need to be attuned to these ethical aspects of their practice. Beauchamp and Childress' four principles of medical ethics provide a useful approach to ethical problems. However, the principles provide a framework rather than an 'answer'. The referral of elderly patients to the intensive care unit illustrates some common ethical dilemmas in intensive care medicine.
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