withdrawal of care
Stopping medical intervention
Withdrawal of care is the medical decision to stop life-sustaining treatments—ventilators, feeding tubes, medications—when continued intervention offers no realistic hope of recovery.
The phrase appears in end-of-life discussions between families and physicians: After the second stroke, they decided on withdrawal of care.
It differs from withholding care, which means not starting such treatments in the first place.
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- terminalAt the endpoint
- DNREnd-of-life medical directive
do not resuscitate · dying · letting go · family meeting · ventilator · extubation · peaceful · dignity · bedside · grief · decision · futile · prognosis · morphine · last breath · chaplain · saying goodbye · goodbye
withdrawal of careaggressive treatment
Forceful medical intervention
full code · life support · intensive care · resuscitation · mechanical ventilation
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