{"title":"Withdrawing Life Support After Attempted Suicide: A Case Study and Review of Ethical Consideration","authors":"David A. Oxman, Benjamin Richter","doi":"10.1353/nib.0.a918687","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Ethical questions surrounding withdrawal of life support can be complex. When life support therapies\n are the result of a suicide attempt, the potential ethical issues take on another dimension. Duties and principles\n that normally guide clinicians’ actions as caregivers may not apply as easily. We present a case of attempted\n suicide in which decisions surrounding withdrawal of life support provoked conflict between a patient’s family \nand the medical team caring for him. We highlight the major unresolved philosophical questions and contradictory normative values about suicide that underlie this conflict. Finally, we show how these considerations \nwere practically applied to this particular case.","PeriodicalId":37978,"journal":{"name":"Narrative inquiry in bioethics","volume":"32 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Narrative inquiry in bioethics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/nib.0.a918687","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Ethical questions surrounding withdrawal of life support can be complex. When life support therapies
are the result of a suicide attempt, the potential ethical issues take on another dimension. Duties and principles
that normally guide clinicians’ actions as caregivers may not apply as easily. We present a case of attempted
suicide in which decisions surrounding withdrawal of life support provoked conflict between a patient’s family
and the medical team caring for him. We highlight the major unresolved philosophical questions and contradictory normative values about suicide that underlie this conflict. Finally, we show how these considerations
were practically applied to this particular case.
期刊介绍：
Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (NIB) is a unique journal that provides a forum for exploring current issues in bioethics through personal stories, qualitative and mixed-methods research articles, and case studies. NIB is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of bioethical issues by publishing rich descriptions of complex human experiences written in the words of the person experiencing them. While NIB upholds appropriate standards for narrative inquiry and qualitative research, it seeks to publish articles that will appeal to a broad readership of healthcare providers and researchers, bioethicists, sociologists, policy makers, and others. Articles may address the experiences of patients, family members, and health care workers.
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