Consequences for Patients and Their Loved Ones When Physicians Refuse to Participate in Ethics Consultation Processes.
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Sarah is a 17-year-old girl currently in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a large academic medical institution. She was diagnosed with an aggressive soft-tissue sarcoma a few years ago and has been receiving treatment from her oncologist, Dr. Hunter, who is a senior member of his department at the institution. Despite Dr. Hunter’s best efforts and Sarah’s participation in multiple experimental therapies, she has been getting progressively worse and is now visibly cachectic and in pain. Dr. Hunter can think of no further conventional chemotherapy options.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AMA journal of ethics
دوره 18 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016