An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units

2015609 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Gabriel T. Bosslet · Indiana University Bloomington

Thaddeus Mason Pope

Gordon D. Rubenfeld

Bernard Lo

Robert D. Truog

Cynda Hylton Rushton · Association of Academic Health Centers

J. Randall Curtis

Dee W. Ford

Molly L. Osborne · Institute of Economic Affairs

Cheryl Misak

Abstract

The multisociety statement on responding to requests for potentially inappropriate treatments in intensive care units provides guidance for clinicians to prevent and manage disputes in patients with advanced critical illness.

Topics & Keywords

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Ethics in medical practice

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volume 191, Issue 11, pp. 1318-1330

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201505-0924st

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