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:Advances in medical technology during the past 3 decades altered the scenarios of our dying. It is now possible to prolong life, with the frightening reality that we also can extend death. This paper examines challenges to dying well in America, defines key end-of-life dilemmas faced by critical care nurses, and examines legal and ethical issues related to dying persons' care. These issues include patients' decision-making capacity and right to refuse treatment; withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, including nutrition and hydration; "no code" decisions; medical futility; and assisted suicide. Implications for critical care practice, education, research and public policy are identified.
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Amjournal_title
Critical care nursing clinics of North Americaauthors
Kyba FCdoi
10.1016/s0899-5885(01)00004-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-06-01 00:00:00pages
141-55, viiissue
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0899-5885issn
1558-3481pii
S0899-5885(01)00004-1journal_volume
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2004.07.002
更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2009.10.007
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2014.02.002
更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cnc.2017.01.006
更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2010.05.002
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2011.08.002
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2003.09.004
更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2008.01.007
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccell.2004.04.001
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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