The Significance of a Wish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20337419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felicia Ackerman (Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 27 |
| Publication date | 1991-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3562998 |
| PMID | 1938348 |
| OpenAlex | W2152163996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
The case of Helga Wanglie should be seen in the general context of\nconflicts that can arise over whether a patient should be maintained on\nlife-support systems. Well-publicized conflicts of this sort usually involve\nan institution seeking to prolong the life of a patient diagnosed as\nterminally ill and/or permanently comatose, versus a family that claims, with\nvarying degrees of substantiation, that the patient would not have wanted to\nbe kept alive under these circumstances. But other sorts of conflicts about\nprolonging life also occur. Patients who have indicated a desire to stay\nalive may face opposition from family or medical staff who think these\npatients' lives are not worth prolonging. Such cases can go badly for\npatients, who may have difficulty getting their preferences even believed, let\nalone respected
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2013 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |