DOCTORS SAY ENOUGH

“Can doctor's say enough?” by Alison deMaio and Nathan Clendenin”

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“Can doctor's say enough?” by Alison deMaio and Nathan Clendenin”

Case Background

An ethics challenge case was presented in 2010 related to a case of a woman with longstanding medical issues. It was because her daughter continued to thrust for aggressive treatment that she stayed in the surgical ICU for four months, depending on total parental nutrition. This was in addition to haemodialysis, and a ventilator, even though her physicians felt she would not survive. Considering the criteria given by Bradley and Brasel that would pass ...