Unintended Consequence of Jesse’s Law in Arizona Critical Care Medicine

Unintended Consequence of Jesse’s Law in Arizona Critical Care Medicine

Jesse’s Law, passed in Arizona as a reaction to a surrogate acting against the interests of a specific patient, now prevents intensivists and surrogates who are acting appropriately from discontinuing unwanted interventions in dying hospice patients. The law prohibits statutory surrogates from autho...

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Main Authors: Adrienne Lee Jones-Adamczyk, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, HEC-C, Patricia Ann Mayer, MD, MS, HEC-C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2022-11-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:
jesse's law
artificial nutrition
end of life
feeding tube
hospice patients
hydration
informed consent
persistent vegetative state
traumatic brain injury
unintended consequence
az hb2823
Online Access:https://www.swjpcc.com/critical-care/2022/11/19/unintended-consequence-of-jesses-law-in-arizona-critical-car.html

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