Recent advances in medical technology have led to a gap between medical treatment and our ability to deal with the consequent situations. Life can be prolonged via life support to the point where it is of dubious quality, and no guidelines exist to indicate when its withdrawal is legal or ethical. By examining the legal, ethical, social and historical context of the debate over withdrawing life support, we develop a set of guidelines to deal with this issue.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Ali, Uzma Fathima
• Harang, Richard Edward

Subject

• Community
• Health

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D263I

Keyword

• Medical care

Advisor

• Shannon, Thomas A.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright