title: End-of-life decisions and respiratory disease.
abstract: Withdrawing treatment from a patient is a difficult decision. Samantha Prigmore uses an ethical framework to explore how complex clinical dilemmas can be addressed. She also provides a brief introduction to ethics and ethical principles.
authors.affiliation: St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prigmore
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D017211:Treatment Failure; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics