Treating an intervention level 1 patient: futile or brave?

dc.contributor.authorSolomons, Nasheetah
dc.contributor.authorNortje, Nico
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-02T11:17:16Z
dc.date.available2017-06-02T11:17:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractAn ethical dilemma describes conflicting opinions by different members of the care team. This article focuses on AJ, a five-year-old child with cerebral palsy, who was born deaf and blind as a result of having contracted rubella in utero. The case is examined against Sokol’s four-quadrant analysis of ethical issues, giving a framework designed to facilitate the systematic identification and analysis of clinical ethical problems. The issue is whether the medical team should have palliated AJ, or continued with invasive therapy and feeding. The conclusion is that paediatric palliative care is often difficult, but that the dietitian has a duty to contribute his or her knowledge to benefit the patient.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved list
dc.identifier.citationSolomons, N. & Nortje, N. (2013). Treating an intervention level 1 patient: futile or brave? South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 26(4): 176-180en_US
dc.identifier.issn0038-2469
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2917
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherMedpharm Publications (Pty) Ltden_US
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectPalliative careen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectCare teamen_US
dc.subjectIntervention level 1en_US
dc.titleTreating an intervention level 1 patient: futile or brave?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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