Forgoing life-sustaining treatment in an Israeli ICU
Intensive Care MedicinePublished 1 February 1998
Leonid A. Eidelman, Daniel J. Jakobson, Reuven Pizov, D Geber, L. Leibovitz, Charles L. Sprung
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Withholding life-prolonging treatments is common in an Israeli intensive care unit whereas withdrawing therapy is limited to brain dead patients, and withholding treatments should be an option for patients and professionals who object to withdrawing therapies.
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Withholding life-prolonging treatments is common in an Israeli intensive care unit whereas withdrawing therapy is limited to brain dead patients. Terminal patients die soon after withholding, even if the therapy is not withdrawn. Withholding treatments should be an option for patients and professionals who object to withdrawing therapies.
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