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Forgoing life-supporting or death-prolonging therapy: a policy statement
J P Orlowski1, R L Collins, S N Cancian
1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Avoiding death is not always the preeminent goal of health care, and decisions about the use of life-supporting treatment may either hasten or forestall death. What are the health care professional's responsibilities regarding the use of life-supporting therapy? This report offers general and specific guidelines for termination of life-supporting treatment.