Overcoming obstacles to hospice care: an ethical examination of inertia and inaction.
Department of Medicine, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, the Cancer Research Center at the University of Chicago, and Vitas Hospice, Chicago, IL 60637-1470, USA. cdaugher@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Christopher K
CK
Daugherty
David P
DP
Steensma
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003142:Communication; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011379:Prognosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000941:ethics*; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014342:Truth Disclosure