Ethical Questions about Platelet Transfusions at the End of Life

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This case of platelet transfusion in palliative care illustrates a common dilemma in transfusion medicine: approval of the use of a scarce, yet potentially life-saving, resource. As in this case, these decisions often involve seriously ill patients with acute needs and evolving goals of care. The use of resources to treat the patient at hand must be balanced against maintaining adequate resources to treat future patients. In this setting, the ethical principles of beneficence and social justice are in conflict.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

AMA journal of ethics - 18(2016), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 764-70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sherbeck, John P [VerfasserIn]
Boss, Renee D [VerfasserIn]

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Case Reports
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Date Completed 24.02.2017

Date Revised 17.08.2017

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas1-1608

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM263660559