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

Can J Anaesth. 2018 Jan;65(1):105-122. doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-1002-1. Epub 2017 Nov 17.

Authors

Canadian Critical Care Society Ethics Committee; Natalie Bandrauk¹, James Downar², Bojan Paunovic³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St-John's, NL, Canada.
² Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Section of Critical Care Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. bpaunovic@hsc.mb.ca.

PMID: 29150778
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-017-1002-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Consensus Statement

MeSH terms

Canada
Critical Care / standards
Decision Making*
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Life Support Care / standards*
Societies, Medical
Terminal Care / standards*
Withholding Treatment / standards*