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Title:

[Overtreatment in intensive care medicine-recognition, designation, and avoidance : Position paper of the Ethics Section of the DIVI and the Ethics section of the DGIIN].

Document type:
Article; English Abstract; Journal Article; Review
Author(s):
Michalsen, Andrej; Neitzke, Gerald; Dutzmann, Jochen; Rogge, Annette; Seidlein, Anna-Henrikje; Jöbges, Susanne; Burchardi, Hilmar; Hartog, Christiane; Nauck, Friedemann; Salomon, Fred; Duttge, Gunnar; Michels, Guido; Knochel, Kathrin; Meier, Stefan; Gretenkort, Peter; Janssens, Uwe
Abstract:
Despite social laws, overtreatment, undertreatment, and incorrect treatment are all present in the German health care system. Overtreatment denotes diagnostic and therapeutic measures that are not appropriate because they do not improve the patients' length or quality of life, cause more harm than benefit, and/or are not consented to by the patient. Overtreatment can result in considerable burden for patients, their families, the treating teams, and society. This position paper describes causes...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed
Year:
2021
Journal volume:
116
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
281-294
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1007/s00063-021-00794-4
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33646332
Print-ISSN:
2193-6218
TUM Institution:
Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin
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