Ethical considerations in treating oncology patients in the intensive care unit.
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.
Collins
E
E
Mozdzierz
G
G
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