Discuss how Florida law authorizes clinicians and hospitals to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment without patient or substitute decision maker consent when the requested treatment is ineffective or contrary to generally accepted ethical health care standards. |
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Recognize the ethically of medico-legal concerns about writing unilateral orders to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment are misplaced and not evidence based. |
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Describe widely recognized best practices for resolving disputes concerning nonbeneficial or potentially inappropriate treatment (aka medical futility conflicts). |
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