A Medical Ethics Assessment of the Case of Terri Schiavo

Autor/inn/en	Preston, Tom; Kelly, Michael
Titel	A Medical Ethics Assessment of the Case of Terri Schiavo
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 30 (2006) 2, S.121-133 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Ethics; Quality of Life; Death; Self Determination; Moral Issues; Medical Services; Medical Evaluation; Decision Making; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Lebensqualität; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Selbstbestimmung; Moraltheorie; Arzt; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	The social, legal, and political discussion about the decision to stop feeding and hydration for Terri Schiavo lacked a medical ethics assessment. The authors used the principles of medical indications, quality of life, patient preference, and contextual features as a guide to medical decision-making in this case. Their conclusions include the following: (a) the use of a feeding tube inserted directly in to the stomach constituted artificial treatment; (b) the treatment prolonged biological life but did not lead to a cure and did not restore health; (c) quality of life was absent for the patient, with no sensation and no motor or cognitive functioning; and (d) by preponderance of medical opinion, she would have chosen not to live in a persistent vegetative state. The authors find the withdrawal of treatment was permissible and correct. It was not a choice between living and dying, but a decision of when to allow dying consistent with the patient's choice. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10