Open AccessTherapeutic nihilism is inadequate in geriatric medicine
Author(s) -
Nau Roland,
Großmann Marius,
Rohde Veit,
Knopf Elmar,
Dörges Joachim,
Larsen Jörg
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4148
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , nihilism , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , epistemology , philosophy
Patients' wishes should guide therapeutic considerations in the face of options and necessities, particularly when an intervention carries the risk of death. Therefore, in the medical management of the young and the old, everything should be attempted as long as the patient has a strong will to live.