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September 2, 2003JAMA

Effect of Ethics Consultations on Nonbeneficial Life-Sustaining Treatments in the Intensive Care Setting

Lawrence J. Schneiderman Todd Gilmer Holly Teetzel Daniel O. Dugan Jeffrey Blustein Ronald E. Cranford Kathleen Briggs Glen Komatsu Paula Goodman-Crews Felicia Cohn Ernlé W. D. Young

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Key Points

Investigate the role of ethics consultations in addressing conflicts over life-sustaining treatments in the ICU.
Conducted in an intensive care unit setting
Utilized ethics consultations to address patient treatment decisions
Ethics consultations effectively resolved conflicts over unwanted treatments
Reduced the duration of nonbeneficial treatments in the ICU

Abstract

Ethics consultations were useful in resolving conflicts that may have inappropriately prolonged nonbeneficial or unwanted treatments in the ICU.

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Schneiderman et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d93c5500ab073a2783582f https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.290.9.1166

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