Limitation of medical treatment and ethics in chronic recurrent Clivus chordoma

In this paper ethical questions concerning the limitation and termination of medical treatment of comatose patients will be discussed on the basis of a case study. The team is confronted with extremely high communicative and ethical demands, since every person engaged in the treatment and care of th...

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Published in:Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift 2008-12, Vol.158 (23-24), p.654
Main Authors: Egger, Alexandra, Müller-Busch, H Christof
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Advance Directives - ethics
Advance Directives - legislation & jurisprudence
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Austria
Chordoma - diagnosis
Chordoma - therapy
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Disease Progression
Ethics, Medical
Humans
Informed Consent - ethics
Informed Consent - legislation & jurisprudence
Life Support Care - ethics
Male
Medical Futility - ethics
Medical Futility - legislation & jurisprudence
Mental Competency - legislation & jurisprudence
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnosis
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - therapy
Palliative Care - ethics
Personal Autonomy
Quality of Life - legislation & jurisprudence
Skull Base Neoplasms - diagnosis
Skull Base Neoplasms - therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:In this paper ethical questions concerning the limitation and termination of medical treatment of comatose patients will be discussed on the basis of a case study. The team is confronted with extremely high communicative and ethical demands, since every person engaged in the treatment and care of the patient should take part in this decision making process. The final responsibility regarding the medical decisions, however, lies with the doctor in charge. In such cases advance directives or living wills are important and should be taken into consideration.
ISSN:0043-5341
DOI:10.1007/s10354-008-0616-x