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End of life care in Pakistan; some ethical issues.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Khan, Robyna Irshad |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | End of life is a reality that all mortal beings have to face. However, the interplay between the patients, families, and health care providers at the end of life has changed dramatically over the last century. Medicine, about a century ago, was used to be an interaction between a patient and a doctor, dispensed out of a black bag, mostly harmless but at the same time, useless. Over this time span, health care has become highly technical, very effective and complex with interplay of multidisciplinary teams. All this has given rise to many ethical problems. In the words of Robert Walker, “The principal problem involves the appropriate use of technology at the end of life. While developments in technology have enhanced our ability to prolong life, issues have also arisen regarding the resulting quality of life, with sometimes marginal benefits to our patients, and the burdens that this technology imposes on patients, families, and society.”1 In Pakistan, where formal ethics education is |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 23217476 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jcpsp.pk/archive/2012/Dec2012/01.pdf |
| Journal | Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
