Cessation of medical support and the issue of authorization in patients diagnosed as brain death

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dc.authoridTepehan Eraslan, Selma/0000-0001-7138-808X
dc.authorwosidelmas, imdat/AAD-6054-2020
dc.authorwosidTepehan Eraslan, Selma/C-7648-2016
dc.contributor.authorTepehan, Selma
dc.contributor.authorElmas, Imdat
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:55:08Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:55:08Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: Considering brain death as legal death plays an important role in both provision of organ transplants and cessation of medical support. Another aspect of this issue is to decide who will have authorization for cessation of medical support. In this study, medical, legal and ethical aspects of the issue were dealt with data collected through a questionnaire. Material and Methods: Volunteering 279 nurses and 179 doctors working in intensive care units of research and education hospitals in Istanbul completed the questionnaire. Obtained data were statistically analyzed and available regulations, medical requirements and ethical values regarding brain death were examined based on results of the analyses. Results: Of all the participants, 40.9% of the nurses and 5.6% of the doctors agreed that diagnosis of brain death should allow cessation of medical support. Forty-three percent of the nurses and 55.9% of the doctors thought that patients whose brain death has occurred should be withdrawn from life support systems and devices so that other patients in need can benefit from them, with a significant difference (p<0.01). Fifty-two percent of the nurses and 36.7% of the doctors found it right to let relatives of patients decide cessation of life support, with a significant difference (p<0.01). Conclusion: It is important that legal problems concerning decisions about and authorization for cessation of medical support given to patients whose brain death has occurred should be solved so that uncertainties experienced in practice can be eradicated.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5350/BTDMJB201612406
dc.identifier.endpage212en_US
dc.identifier.issn1305-9319
dc.identifier.issn1305-9327
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85010765013en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage207en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5350/BTDMJB201612406
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/19295
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000393168600006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherYerkure Tanitim & Yayincilik Hizmetleri A Sen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMedical Journal Of Bakirkoyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBrain Deathen_US
dc.subjectOrgan Donationen_US
dc.subjectWithdrawing Treatmenten_US
dc.titleCessation of medical support and the issue of authorization in patients diagnosed as brain deathen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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