Withdrawal of life support against family wishes: is it justified? A case study

J Clin Ethics. 1990 Spring;1(1):74-9; discussion 79-84.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Beneficence
  • Ethical Analysis*
  • Ethical Theory
  • Ethicists*
  • Ethics Consultation
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Life Support Care / standards*
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Advocacy*
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Persons with Psychiatric Disorders
  • Professional-Family Relations
  • Resource Allocation
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Resuscitation Orders*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Social Values*
  • Value of Life
  • Withholding Treatment