Events
Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care
- Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
- Justin Penny, DO, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
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Surveys report that 60% of physicians reported that it was more ethically problematic and psychologically difficult to withdraw life-sustaining interventions than to withhold them (Chung et al). Is there a meaningful ethical difference…