title: An appraisal of ethical issues in end-of-life care.
abstract: Caring for patients at the end-of-life period could involve a number of situations and incidents that pose moral dilemma for both the health workers and the patients' family members or loved ones. Some of these issues include shared decision-making, the right to refuse medical treatment, medical futility, and euthanasia versus assisted suicide, information disclosure (truth-telling), substitute decision-making, and confidentiality. They may seem improbable or remote, until one is confronted with them real-time. Providing good care for dying patients requires that physicians and other members of the health care team be knowledgeable of ethical issues pertinent to end-of-life care.
authors.forename: Ekore Rabi
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Ilemona
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D012297:Right to Die; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics*; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics*; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*