I would suggest Dr. Conrad Fischer's 100 cases book for ethics. Its very well written and you can finish it in 2-3 days.
When to stop treatment if the patient has brain death?
I am studying medical ethics from Kaplan Lecture Notes ...I am confused with rule #8 the physician decides when the patient is dead..
1- If there are no more Rx options (the patient is cortically dead) and the family insists on Rx. There's nothing the physician can do. Rx must stop
2- If the physician thinks continued Rx is futile (the patient has shown no improvement) but the surrogate wants to continue. Rx must continue
what is cortical death
can some1 help me with this ..pls .....
1- If there are no more Rx options (the patient is cortically dead) and the family insists on Rx. There's nothing the physician can do. Rx must stop
2- If the physician thinks continued Rx is futile (the patient has shown no improvement) but the surrogate wants to continue. Rx must continue
what is cortical death
can some1 help me with this ..pls .....
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