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Assessing quality of life: the basis for withdrawal of life‐supporting treatment?
Author(s) -
Fulbrook Paul
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02815.x
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , quality (philosophy) , life quality , nursing , medicine , psychotherapist , epistemology , philosophy , physical therapy
In this paper, the ethical issue is addressed of withdrawing life support by asking the question,‘What is quality of life?’ It focuses on the assessment of quality of life, examining how such assessments are made, and highlighting the inability of critically ill patients to participate in decisions regarding termination of their life