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Hospital Policy On Appropriate Use Of Life-Sustaining Treatment, Peter Singer, Geoff Barker, Kerry Bowman, Christine Harrison, Philip Kernerman, Judy Kopelow, Neil Lazar, Charles Weijer, Stephen Workman
Hospital Policy On Appropriate Use Of Life-Sustaining Treatment, Peter Singer, Geoff Barker, Kerry Bowman, Christine Harrison, Philip Kernerman, Judy Kopelow, Neil Lazar, Charles Weijer, Stephen Workman
Charles Weijer
OBJECTIVE: To describe the issues faced, and how they were addressed, by the University of Toronto Critical Care Medicine Program/Joint Centre for Bioethics Task Force on Appropriate Use of Life-Sustaining Treatment. The clinical problem addressed by the Task Force was dealing with requests by patients or substitute decision makers for life-sustaining treatment that their healthcare providers believe is inappropriate.
DESIGN: Case study.
SETTING: The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics/Critical Care Medicine Program Task Force on Appropriate Use of Life-Sustaining Treatment.
PARTICIPANTS: The 24-member Task Force included physician and nursing leaders from five critical care units, bioethicists, a legal …