GMC guidance on withholding life prolonging treatment

Withholding life prolonging treatment, and self deception.

OBJECTIVES To compare non-treatment decision making by general practitioners and geriatricians in response to vignettes. To see whether the doctors' decisions were informed by ethical or legal reasoning. DESIGN Qualitative study in which consultant geriatricians and general practitioners (GPs) randomly selected from a list of local practitioners were interviewed. The doctors were asked whethe...

Towards guidelines for withholding and withdrawal of life prolonging treatment in neonatal medicine.

Despite being a focus of public debate for over 20 years, neonatal medicine continues to produce acute ethical dilemmas.' During this period great advances in treatment have made it possible to save many more infants. Sometimes, however, serious harm can result from prolonging the lives of some who are severely damaged, a potentially traumatic experience for all involved in their care. Decision...

GMC guidance on confidentiality: is it ethical?

The recent GMC guidance on confidentiality [1], especially the supplementary guidance [2], has caused much consternation amongst occupational physicians. The Faculty and Society of Occupational Medicine have issued a joint statement to members [3], and a GMC representative responded on the same day [4]. However, the 6 OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

Considerations regarding withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.

Guidance on Forgoing Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment.

Pediatric health care is practiced with the goal of promoting the best interests of the child. Treatment generally is rendered under a presumption in favor of sustaining life. However, in some circumstances, the balance of benefits and burdens to the child leads to an assessment that forgoing life-sustaining medical treatment (LSMT) is ethically supportable or advisable. Parents are given wide ...