Strengths of the French end-of-life Law ...
Type de document :
Article dans une revue scientifique
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Titre :
Strengths of the French end-of-life Law as Well as its Shortcomings in Handling Intractable Disputes Between Physicians and Families
Auteur(s) :
Messika, Jonathan [Auteur]
Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution [IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)]
Boussard, Noël [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy [CHU Nancy]
Guérin, Claude [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse [CHU - HCL]
Michel, Fabrice [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] [TIMONE]
Nseir, Saad [Auteur]
Lille Inflammation Research International Center (LIRIC) - U995
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Yonis, Hodane [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse [CHU - HCL]
Barbier, Claire-Marie [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy [CHU Nancy]
Rouze, Anahita [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF) - UMR 8576
Fouilloux, Virginie [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] [TIMONE]
Gaudry, Stephane [Auteur]
Service de Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale [Avicenne]
Ricard, Jean-Damien [Auteur]
Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution [IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)]
Silverman, Henry [Auteur]
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dreyfuss, Didier [Auteur]
Hôpital Louis Mourier - AP-HP [Colombes]
Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution [IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)]
Boussard, Noël [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy [CHU Nancy]
Guérin, Claude [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse [CHU - HCL]
Michel, Fabrice [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] [TIMONE]
Nseir, Saad [Auteur]
Lille Inflammation Research International Center (LIRIC) - U995
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Yonis, Hodane [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse [CHU - HCL]
Barbier, Claire-Marie [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy [CHU Nancy]
Rouze, Anahita [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF) - UMR 8576
Fouilloux, Virginie [Auteur]
Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] [TIMONE]
Gaudry, Stephane [Auteur]
Service de Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale [Avicenne]
Ricard, Jean-Damien [Auteur]
Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution [IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)]
Silverman, Henry [Auteur]
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dreyfuss, Didier [Auteur]
Hôpital Louis Mourier - AP-HP [Colombes]
Titre de la revue :
The New Bioethics
Nom court de la revue :
The New Bioethics
Numéro :
26
Pagination :
53-74
Éditeur :
Informa UK Limited
Date de publication :
2020-01-02
ISSN :
2050-2885
Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :
End-of-life
legal inquiry
intensive care
unreasonable obstinacy
treatment withdrawal
legal inquiry
intensive care
unreasonable obstinacy
treatment withdrawal
Discipline(s) HAL :
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
Résumé en anglais : [en]
French end-of-life law aims at protecting patients from unreasonable treatments, but has been used to force caregivers to prolong treatments deemed unreasonable. We describe six cases (five intensive care unit patients ...
Lire la suite >French end-of-life law aims at protecting patients from unreasonable treatments, but has been used to force caregivers to prolong treatments deemed unreasonable. We describe six cases (five intensive care unit patients including two children) where families disagreed with a decision to withdraw treatments and sued medical teams. An emergent inquiry was instigated by the families. In two cases, the court rejected the families’ inquiries. In two cases, the families appealed the decision, and in both the first jurisdiction decision was confirmed, compelling caregivers to pursue treatments, even though they deemed them unreasonable. We discuss how this law may be perverted. Legal procedures may result in the units’ disorganisation and give rise to caregivers’ stress. Families’ requests may be subtended by religious beliefs. French end-of-life law has benefits in theoretically constraining physicians to withhold or withdraw disproportionate therapies. These cases underline some caveats and the perverse effects of its literal reading.Lire moins >
Lire la suite >French end-of-life law aims at protecting patients from unreasonable treatments, but has been used to force caregivers to prolong treatments deemed unreasonable. We describe six cases (five intensive care unit patients including two children) where families disagreed with a decision to withdraw treatments and sued medical teams. An emergent inquiry was instigated by the families. In two cases, the court rejected the families’ inquiries. In two cases, the families appealed the decision, and in both the first jurisdiction decision was confirmed, compelling caregivers to pursue treatments, even though they deemed them unreasonable. We discuss how this law may be perverted. Legal procedures may result in the units’ disorganisation and give rise to caregivers’ stress. Families’ requests may be subtended by religious beliefs. French end-of-life law has benefits in theoretically constraining physicians to withhold or withdraw disproportionate therapies. These cases underline some caveats and the perverse effects of its literal reading.Lire moins >
Langue :
Anglais
Audience :
Internationale
Vulgarisation :
Non
Établissement(s) :
Université de Lille
CNRS
CNRS
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Équipe(s) de recherche :
Glycobiology in fungal Pathogenesis and Clinical Applications
Date de dépôt :
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