Ethical Decision Making at the End of Life

Cynda Hylton Rushton

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340709.003.0020

Ethical Decision Making at the End of Life

Cynda Hylton Rushton

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This chapter examines the issue of ethical decision making in end-of-life care for children. It explains that decisions at the end of life are fraught with confusion, uncertainty, ambiguity, and deep emotions and that the emotional intensity that surrounds them can magnify the ethical concerns. The chaptersuggests that a moral framework and a commitment to a systematic ethical decision-making process with adequate procedural safeguards are essential for optimal care of dying children.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Hospice Care for Children
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199999927
ISBN (Print)	9780195340709
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340709.003.0020
State	Published - Nov 17 2011

Keywords

Decision making
Dying children
End of life
Ethics
Moral framework
Optimal care
Procedural safeguards

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Arts and Humanities(all)

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