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The Terri Schiavo Crisis
(Center for Health Ethics, 2003-11)
Terri Schindler-Schiavo has lived in a persistent vegetative state in Florida for thirteen years, since her collapse and resuscitation at age 26 due to apparent severe hypokalemia. She has been kept alive with a jejunal ...
Ethical Issues: Ethics Consultation
(Center for Health Ethics, 2003-09)
Making decisions within the complexities of modern health care is not easy. This is especially true in a training environment. Ethical dilemmas often present themselves, and having a mechanism available to effectively ...
Partial DNR Orders
(Center for Health Ethics, 2003-12)
Writing formal “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders is a relatively new practice that has come about over the last 30 years as a result of medical innovation coupled with a growing understanding that sometimes it's just not ...