Ethical dilemmas in the delivery of intensive care to critically ill oncology patients.
Caring for the critically ill oncology patient presents ethical dilemmas with which the critical care oncology nurse may need assistance. Understanding how values can be in conflict encourages exploration of alternatives. As health care professionals, one of our missions is to learn to make decisions using current knowledge about clinical problems and expected outcomes, value systems that affect our decisions, and systematic approaches to problem solving. Our challenge is well-defined.
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Critical Care and Administrative Nursing Resources, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL.
D016223:Advance Directives; D026686:Beneficence; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016638:Critical Illness; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D034723:Double Effect Principle; D004989:Ethics; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033182:Intention; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D018579:Patient Selection; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D035501:Uncertainty; D028761:Withholding Treatment