title: Ethical considerations in treating oncology patients in the intensive care unit.
abstract: The care of oncology patients within an intensive care unit (ICU) setting poses an added dimension of ethical concerns faced by practitioners. This article reviews/highlights some of the issues confronting ICU staff when caring for an oncology patient. The issues addressed include: access/admission of the oncology patient to the ICU, advance directives, and the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mozdzierz
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D010343:Patient Admission; D016312:Treatment Refusal