Honoring the Request of a Deceased Patient Who Lived in Poverty: Does the Hospital Have an Obligation to Provide Burial?
Abstract
I discourage people from talking about “withdrawing care” during ethics consults when they really mean “withdrawing life support,” because health care teams continue to care for patients even after...
Fields of Study & Subjects
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
Disaster Response and Management
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The American Journal of Bioethics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 117–118
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN