Navigating conflicts about life-sustaining treatment in a health system with limited resources: Reconciling law, policy and practice
Close, Eliana (2020) Navigating conflicts about life-sustaining treatment in a health system with limited resources: Reconciling law, policy and practice. PhD by Publication, Queensland University of Technology.
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Eliana Close Thesis
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This thesis is the first study of how Australian laws and policies address tensions between patient and societal interests in decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment for critically ill adults. Using a combination of qualitative interviews, legal doctrinal research, and qualitative content analysis, the thesis evaluates these regulatory instruments against doctors' perceptions of practice. The thesis argues that existing laws and policies need reform to support more transparent decisions that recognise resource constraints can be relevant to end-of-life decisions. In particular, laws and policies should support doctors to distinguish between patient interests and distributive justice as two separate rationales for non-treatment.
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| ID Code: | 200067 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD by Publication) |
| Supervisor: | Willmott, Lindy & White, Ben |
| Additional Information: | Recipient of a 2020 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award |
| Keywords: | Conflict resolution, Distributive justice, Life-sustaining treatment, End-of-life, End-of-life law, End-of-life policy, Futile treatment, Medical ethics, Non-beneficial treatment, Resource allocation, ODTA |
| DOI: | 10.5204/thesis.eprints.200067 |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Law Current > Schools > School of Law |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 22 May 2020 17:01 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2025 00:49 |
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