Enfoques de toma de decisiones usados para limitar las intervenciones potencialmente no beneficiosas que prolongan la

Jason N Batten1, Sofia Weiss Goitiandia2, Julia K Axelrod2

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.

JAMA network open
|February 20, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

Los médicos se enfrentan a desafíos que limitan los tratamientos no beneficiosos para prolongar la vida mediante el uso de procesos recomendados de toma de decisiones compartidas o institucionales. Algunos usan métodos alternativos no respaldados por la política, lo que lleva a variaciones en la práctica y preocupaciones éticas.

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