RT Book, Section
A1 Jonsen, Albert R.
A1 Siegler, Mark
A1 Winslade, William J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1112266285
T1 Quality of Life
T2 Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 8e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071845069
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1112266285
RD 2024/04/20
AB Quality  of  life  is  the  third  topic  that  must  be  reviewed  in  order  to  understand  any  problem  in  clinical  ethics.  Although  the  idea  of  quality  of  life  is  difficult  to  define,  it  is  often  raised  in  complex  cases  and  must  be  addressed.  This  chapter  explains  the  concept  of  quality  of  life,  analyzes  its  implications  for  clinical  decisions,  and  suggests  certain  distinctions  and  cautions  that  should  be  observed  when  discussing  this  concept  in  clinical  care.  The  chapter  also  reviews  in  detail  an  area  of  clinical  care  in  which  quality-of-life  considerations  often  loom  large,  namely,  end-of-life  care,  including  termination  of  life-support  and  physician-assisted  dying.