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| Title: | Refusal of termination of life support in the intensive care unit of Mulago Hospital (Kampala, Uganda) |
| Authors: | Nakwagala, Fredrick Nelson
Nakibuuka, Jane |
| Keywords: | Life support care
Intensive Care Unit
life support systems
moral policies
situational ethics
developing countries
Africa |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | International Journal of Health Science |
| Citation: | International Journal of Health Science, January-March 2009, 2(1): 158-160 |
| Abstract: | A lot of research and debate has taken place on refusal of termination of life support systems in developed countries. Little however has been done from less developed nations with resource limited settings and in which the concepts of death and dying differ significantly from those of the West. These differences arise in part from factors such as culture, norms and religion that define how individuals view death and hence decisions relating to the dying process. There may also be significant differences in health care systems, family and community relations and how clinicians relate with proxy decision makers of dying patients. Furthermore, there is often lack of formal institutional frameworks or policies related to the handling of dying patients. To illustrate these differences we describe below a case of refusal by relatives to terminate life support in the Intensive Care Unit of Mulago Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/735 |
| ISSN: | 0924-2287 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Health-Sciences)
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