Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care

摘要

Doctors are all too often under the public spotlight for the ethical and legal dilemmas they face in end-of-life care. The demands on the doctor (Table 1) are to: keep up-to-date with changes in legislation; steer the best moral path through the political rhetoric; develop the skills necessary to manage these situations effectively. This article will examine the common end-of-life dilemmas, although its scope does not extend to assisted dying.