The Hastings Center guidelines for decisions on life-sustaining treatment and care near the end of life / Nancy Berlinger, Bruce Jennings, Susan M. Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berlinger, Nancy.

Contributor:

Hastings Center.

Jennings, Bruce, 1949-

Wolf, Susan M.

Standardized Title:

Guidelines on the termination of life-sustaining treatment and the care of the dying

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terminal care--Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects.

Terminal care.

Life support systems (Critical care)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Life support systems (Critical care).

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Hastings Center's 1987 Guidelines shaped the ethical and legal framework for treatment decision-making and end-of-life care in the U.S. This updated edition offers comprehensive practical guidance to professionals caring for seriously ill adults and children. It is a resource for clinical ethicists ethics committees, lawyers, administrators, educators, and policymakers.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Contributors; How These Guidelines Are Organized; Introduction; The Function and Sources of These Ethics Guidelines; Legal and Ethical Consensus Informing These Guidelines: Rights, Protections, and Key Philosophical Distinctions; Part One: Framework and Context; Section 1: Ethics Goals for Good Care When Patients Face Decisions about Life -Sustaining Treatment or Approach the End of Life

Section 2: Ethics Education Competencies for Health Care Professionals Caring for Patients Facing Decisions about Life-Sustaining Treatment or Approaching the End of LifeSection 3: Organizational Systems Supporting Good Care and Ethical Practice; Section 4: Social, Economic, and Legal Contexts; A. Social Context; B. Economic Context; C. State and Federal Context; Part Two: Guidelines on Care Planning and Decision-Making; Section 1: Guidelines for Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives: Using Patient Preferences to Establish Goals of Care and Develop the Care Plan

Section 2: Guidelines for the Decision-Making ProcessA. Evaluating the Patient; B. Determining Decision-Making Capacity; C. Identifying the Key Decision-Maker; D. Surrogate Decision-Making; E. Making the Decision at Hand; F. Documenting the Decision; G. Implementing the Decision; H. Changing Treatment Decisions; I. Conflicts and Challenges Related to Treatment Decision-Making; Section 3: Guidelines Concerning Neonates, Infants, Children, and Adolescents; A. General Guidelines for Pediatric Decision-Making Concerning the Use of Life-Sustaining Treatments

B. Guidelines for Decision-Making and Care Involving Nonviable Neonates and Neonates at the Threshold of ViabilityC. Guidelines for Decision-Making about Life-Sustaining Treatment for Viable Neonates; D. Guidelines for Decision-Making about Life-Sustaining Treatment for Young Children; E. Guidelines for Decision-Making with Older Children; F. Guidelines for Decision-Making with Adolescents; G. Guidelines for Decision-Making by Mature Minors and Emancipated Minors and Emancipated Minors; Section 4: Guidelines for Care Transitions

A. General Guidelines for Hand-Offs between Professionals and Transfers Across Care SettingsB. Guidelines on Care Transitions for Nursing Home Residents; C. Guidelines on Portable Medical Orders; D. Guidelines on Discharge Planning and Collaboration with Nursing Homes, Home Care, Hospice, and Outpatient Care; E. Guidelines on Care Transitions for Patients Who Will Die in the Hospital; Section 5: Guidelines for the Determination of Death; A. Procedural Guidelines for Making a Determination of Death and for Making a Declaration of Death; B. The Determination of Death: Continuing Ethical Debates

Section 6: Guidelines for Institutional Policy

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Guidelines on the termination of life-sustaining treatment and the care of the dying / by the Hastings Center. c1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-997455-1

0-19-997456-X

0-19-997457-8

OCLC:

922972774