Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the ICU: A Dialogue on Core Ethical Issues

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dc.contributor.authorGoligher, Ewan C.
dc.contributor.authorEly, E. Wesley
dc.contributor.authorSulmasy, Daniel P.
dc.contributor.authorBakker, Jan
dc.contributor.authorRaphael, John
dc.contributor.authorVolandes, Angelo E.
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Bhavesh M.
dc.contributor.authorPayne, Kate
dc.contributor.authorHosie, Annmarie
dc.contributor.authorChurchill, Larry
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Douglas B.
dc.contributor.authorDownar, James
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:26:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:26:50Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractObjective : Many patients are admitted to the ICU at or near the end of their lives. Consequently, the increasingly common debate regarding physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia holds implications for the practice of critical care medicine. The objective of this article is to explore core ethical issues related to physician assisted suicide and euthanasia from the perspective of health-care professionals and ethicists on both sides of the debate.
dc.description.abstractSynthesis: We identified four issues highlighting the key areas of ethical tension central to evaluating physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in medical
dc.description.abstractpractice: 1) the benefit or harm of death itself, 2) the relationship between physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia and withholding or withdrawing life support, 3) the morality of a physician deliberately causing death, and 4) the management of conscientious objection related to physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in the critical care setting. We present areas of common ground and important unresolved differences.
dc.description.abstractConclusions: We reached differing positions on the first three core ethical questions and achieved unanimity on how critical care clinicians should manage conscientious objections related to physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The alternative positions presented in this article may serve to promote open and informed dialogue within the critical care community.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/CCM.0000000000001818
dc.identifier.eissn1530-0293
dc.identifier.issn0090-3493
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000001818
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/101365
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000392464500001
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final155
dc.pagina.inicio149
dc.revistaCritical care medicine
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectend of life care
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjecteuthanasia
dc.subjectsuicide
dc.subjectassisted
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titlePhysician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the ICU: A Dialogue on Core Ethical Issues
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen45
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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