Title: Can Autonomy and Equity Coexist in the ICU?
Abstract:Cohen reviews two collections of essays on ethical issues in critical care medicine: Ethics and Critical Care Medicine, edited by John C. Moskop and Loretta Kopelman (D. Reidel; 1985), and "Ethical Mo...Cohen reviews two collections of essays on ethical issues in critical care medicine: Ethics and Critical Care Medicine, edited by John C. Moskop and Loretta Kopelman (D. Reidel; 1985), and "Ethical Moments in Critical Care Medicine," a symposium issue of Critical Care Clinics, edited by James P. Orlowski and George A. Kanoti (1986 Jan; 2(7): 189 p.). Some of the topics discussed by the contributors include physician beneficence vs. patient autonomy in critical care decision making; the pressures created by the "rescue ethos" of the critical care setting; the selection of patients for admission to intensive care; the equitable distribution of critical care resources; and the increasing need to factor costs into treatment decisions. E. Cassell, E.D. Pellegrino, J. Katz, D. Walton and N. Donen, J. Moskop, J. Perrin, H.T. Engelhardt, R. Veatch, J. Paris and F. Reardon, S. Youngner, and S. Imbus and B. Zawacki are among the essayists.Read More
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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