Teresa Burgoyne explains a unit's guidelines on switching off life support machines
THE IMPRESSION given by the media is that a decision to turn off a patient’s life support machine is taken by the relatives. I think it important that nurses clarify this misconception ;md reassure the public that there are strict guidelines in these situations.
Nursing Standard. 10, 45, 21-21. doi: 10.7748/ns.10.45.21.s36
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