TY - JOUR
T1 - Appreciating the Dynamicity of Values at the End of Life
T2 - A Psychological and Ethical Analysis
AU - Burns, Austin
AU - Hardy, Natalie
AU - Nortjé, Nico
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - It can be difficult for families to accept when loved ones experience a change in saliency of values due to serious illness and inevitable death. When patients lose decision-making capacity, family members often refuse to withdraw care and insist on the continuation of non-beneficial treatment. Through a joint ethical and psychological analysis, this case study examines the narrative of a husband and wife, wed for over 50 years, and how the patient's values, his life's story, and the wife's interpretation of his preferences were reconciled to achieve a resolution that respected the patient's autonomy and previously expressed wishes.
AB - It can be difficult for families to accept when loved ones experience a change in saliency of values due to serious illness and inevitable death. When patients lose decision-making capacity, family members often refuse to withdraw care and insist on the continuation of non-beneficial treatment. Through a joint ethical and psychological analysis, this case study examines the narrative of a husband and wife, wed for over 50 years, and how the patient's values, his life's story, and the wife's interpretation of his preferences were reconciled to achieve a resolution that respected the patient's autonomy and previously expressed wishes.
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U2 - 10.1353/nib.2022.0043
DO - 10.1353/nib.2022.0043
M3 - Article
C2 - 36373538
AN - SCOPUS:85141726078
SN - 2157-1732
VL - 12
SP - 177
EP - 181
JO - Narrative inquiry in bioethics
JF - Narrative inquiry in bioethics
IS - 2
ER -