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withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment [1 record]

Record 1 2005-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment means stopping treatment that has the potential to sustain the life of patient. An example of withdrawing of potentially life-sustaining treatment is the stopping of artificial nutrition and hydration for a patient in a persistent vegetative state.

CONT

The [Special Senate Committee on euthanasia and Assisted Suicide] recognizes that the withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment is legal when it is requested by a competent patient.

Key term(s)
  • withdrawal of life sustaining treatment
  • withdrawing of life sustaining treatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Droit de la santé
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

[...] l'interruption de traitement de survie [...] désigne le fait de cesser un traitement susceptible de maintenir le patient en vie, par exemple débrancher le respirateur ou enlever la sonde gastrique qui assure l'alimentation et l'hydratation.

Spanish

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