When should physicians refrain from treatment?

The Swedish board of health and welfare has proposed guidelines for the treatment of patients in the last stage of life. The guidelines correspond to those in the Appelton document. It is stated that the doctor may reject or not use extensive life-prolonging treatment to patients in the very last stage of life if there is no hope for them to be better. It is also stated that the patients have the right of good care as long as they live.

Publiée par Nordisk medicin, 1991. La recommandation elle-même se trouve à la source indiquée ici.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1923744/