Legal implications of withholding and withdrawing medical treatment.
It is important that home care providers be aware of recent developments in the law and public policy regarding terminal care decisions, as well as develop guidelines that both avoid legal and regulatory difficulties and ensure that the client is treated with dignity.
Haddad
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AM
Creighton University, Omaha, NE.
Kapp
M B
MB
D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003657:Decision Making; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States