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Care of patients in the end of life
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
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"People in the final phase of life are often in need of special protection and help. They bring home to us the finite nature of all human existence. The decisions to be made at the end of a person’s life place great demands, predominantly on the patient himself1, but also on family members, the doctors and the team responsible for the patient’s care. The purpose of these Guidelines is to indicate the tasks, possibilities and limitations associated with the care of patients who are approaching the end of their life. The principal aims are to alleviate suffering and to ensure the best possible quality of life for the patient and support for his family members. In contrast to the most recent version of the Guidelines, of 1995, this new version addresses exclusively the situation of dying patients. The Guidelines for the treatment and care of patients with chronic severe brain damage have for the first time been drawn up separately. Nevertheless, since there are common questions and problems, we emphasise the importance of these Guidelines for the principal questions that are addressed here. The same applies for the Guidelines on ethical questions in intensive medicine and for the Guidelines on the treatment and care of elderly persons in need of care. For the particular problems that arise in the case of very underdeveloped premature babies, we refer to the Recommendations of the Swiss Association for Neonatology on the care of premature infants at the limits of viability."
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2004
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