Andrew McGuire,Paul C McConnell
Andrew McGuire
Purpose of review: Increasing scarcity of resources on the background of ever improving medical care and prolonged life expectancy has placed a burden on all aspects of health care. In this article we examine the current ...
Withholding or withdrawing life support versus physician-assisted death: a distinction with a difference? [0.03%]
暂缓或停止生命支持与医生协助死亡的区别重要吗？
William McClelland,Ewan C Goligher
William McClelland
Purpose of review: Withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy is generally differentiated from physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia based on the distinction between intention and foresight. We reviewed the lit...
Withholding or withdrawing life support versus physician-assisted death: a distinction with a difference? [0.03%]
撤除生命支持与医生协助死亡的区别何在？
William McClelland,Ewan C Goligher
William McClelland
Purpose of review: Withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy is generally differentiated from physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia based on the distinction between intention and foresight. We reviewed the lit...
Gregory E Holt,Kenneth W Goodman,Stephen E Olvey et al.
Gregory E Holt et al.
Purpose of review: Tattoos and medallions are examples of nonstandard do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders that some people use to convey end-of-life wishes. These DNR orders are neither universally accepted nor understood for...
Gregory E Holt,Kenneth W Goodman,Stephen E Olvey et al.
Gregory E Holt et al.
Purpose of review: Tattoos and medallions are examples of nonstandard do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders that some people use to convey end-of-life wishes. These DNR orders are neither universally accepted nor understood for...
Ethical lessons learned and to be learned from mass casualty events by terrorism [0.03%]
恐怖主义造成大规模伤亡事故中的伦理教训及待解之谜
Rael D Strous,Azgad Gold
Rael D Strous
Purpose of review: The world has seen a major upturn in international terror awareness. Medicine has had to respond. In addition to the unique physical and mental injuries caused by terror which require special clinical a...
Ethical lessons learned and to be learned from mass casualty events by terrorism [0.03%]
恐怖袭击造成大规模伤亡的伦理教训及其启示
Rael D Strous,Azgad Gold
Rael D Strous
Purpose of review: The world has seen a major upturn in international terror awareness. Medicine has had to respond. In addition to the unique physical and mental injuries caused by terror which require special clinical a...
Colin Hutchison,Paul C McConnell
Colin Hutchison
Purpose of review: Many medical professionals receive requests from family and friends asking for medical advice and treatment. But should medics treat their family? Ethically can we treat, or refuse to treat, family memb...
Colin Hutchison,Paul C McConnell
Colin Hutchison
Purpose of review: Many medical professionals receive requests from family and friends asking for medical advice and treatment. But should medics treat their family? Ethically can we treat, or refuse to treat, family memb...
Mark E Nunnally,Arpit Patel
Mark E Nunnally
Purpose of review: Sepsis-3 guidelines have implications in a deeper understanding of the biopathology of the disease. Further, the review focuses on timely topics and new literature on fluid resuscitation, the value of s...