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The American Journal of Bioethics Volume 23, 2023 - Issue 6
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When Critically Ill Patients with Decision Making Capacity and No Further Therapeutic Options Request Indefinite Life Support

Jason N. Battena Stanford UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Elizabeth Dzengb University of California San FranciscoORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-8053View further author information
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Stuart Finderc Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9197-8669View further author information
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Jacob A. Blythed Massachusetts General HospitalView further author information
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Michael Nuroke Smidt Heart InstituteORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-1380View further author information
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Pages 21-23 | Published online: 23 May 2023
 
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From Bridge to Destination? Ethical Considerations Related to Withdrawal of ECMO Support over the Objections of Capacitated Patients

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors thank David Magnus, PhD, for his insight that the SCCM policy statement included the conjunction “or” in its definition of inappropriate treatments, and that this created conceptual issues in the cases we describe in this commentary.

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