PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jonathan Wiesen
AU  - Christopher Donatelli
AU  - Martin L. Smith
AU  - Laurel Hyle
AU  - Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila
TI  - Medical, ethical, and legal aspects of end-of-life dilemmas in the intensive care unit
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.88a.14126
DP  - 2021 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 516--527
VI  - 88
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/9/516.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/9/516.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2021 Sep 01; 88
AB  - Physicians in the intensive care unit face a myriad of ethical dilemmas involving end-of-life care, yet they receive only minimal training about their jurisprudential obligations, and misconceptions about legal responsibilities abound. In particular, significant uncertainty exists among critical care physicians as to ethical and legal obligations for terminally ill patients. This paper presents 3 hypothetical cases to elucidate the medical, ethical, and legal considerations in common end-of-life situations encountered in the intensive care unit.