Unreasonable obstinacy: Ethical, deontological and forensic medical problems

• Main Authors: Claudia Casella (Author), Vincenzo Graziano (Author), Pierpaolo Di Lorenzo (Author), Emanuele Capasso (Author), Massimo Niola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Especially in oncology and in critical care, the provision of medical care can require therapeutic choices that could go beyond the patient's will or intentions of the protection of his health, with the possible adoption of medical behaviors interpreted as unreasonable obstinacy or, at the oppo...