Withdrawal vs. Withholding
{"Image DocumentName": "Withdrawal vs. Withholding", "Image ImageDescription": "No presumption that, once begun, no matter how futile, the treatment must be continued. No difference between withdrawal and withholding. Not care but treatment. We still care for the patient but do not offer or continue non-medically beneficial treatment. There is no obligation to continue treatment, once started, that is not medically beneficial. Once dialysis is started it is not required that it be continued until death. A trial may be done and if no improvement, then the therapy withdrawn. Permission from the family is not required. We continue to treat and care for the patient, but we do not offer nonmedically beneficial treatment. For example we may start antibiotics for a presumed infection. All cultures come back negative. We stop the antibiotics because they are not helpful. 12.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}