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The Bioethical Dilemma of Saving Life ‘at any Cost’

Dorothée Caminiti, director, bioethics, featured on the Fixing Healthcare Podcast.

Dorothée Caminiti, director of bioethics joined the  Fixing Healthcare Podcast (episode #115) to discuss: 

  • Whether doctors should “save a life at any cost”
  • How the Terri Schiavo case influenced our nation’s views on end of life
  • What are the rights of patients in terms of the “right to die”
  • The purpose of advanced directives in medicine
  • How ethics committees define “life” in medical disputes
  • Weighing the input of doctors, patients and families
  • The ethics of medical aid in dying laws
  • Lessons from around the world about end-of-life care

Even as we try and quantify a quality of life... we must ensure that patient autonomy prevails."

"The approach should be to listen to that person and to find the best solution for that person."

 

Dorothée Caminiti, director, bioethics, featured on the Fixing Healthcare Podcast.

Ethics
media, bioethics