Withdrawal Life Support and Let Dying Ill Patients: Right or Wrong Decision
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Informed consent and withdrawal of life support.
409 VOLUME 48__MAY 17, 2011 I read with interest the article by Kaushik, et al. [1]. The authors have covered the topic in all the aspects where an act of commission is required by the doctors. However, I would like know whether an informed consent is necessary when withdrawing life support in a brain dead patient. Is it appropriate that the family is explained the irreversibility of the situat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2155-9627
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9627.1000179