TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - A suicidal, dysarthric patient who wishes to discontinue life-sustaining treatments: a case report
JO  - International journal of psychiatry in medicine
A1  - Orlins, Zachary
SP  - 306
EP  - 309
VL  - 53
IS  - 4
N2  - Psychiatrists may be among the clinicians to encounter a depressed and suicidal patient who wishes to discontinue life-sustaining treatment. A patient who is suffering from a condition such as dysarthria makes decision-making capacity (a physician's determination of a patient's ability to medically consent) increasingly difficult to assess. The clinician must balance ethical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice in order to achieve a plan of care that is in the patient's best interest.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-2174
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091217417749797
ID  - ref1
ER  -