Keeping End-of-Life Decisions Away from Courts After Thirty Years of Failure: Bioethical Mediation as an Alternative for Resolving End-of-Life Disputes
By , February 8, 2012
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Mediation may provide the most effective means of resolving end-of-life disputes. This article provides background information regarding previous judicial attempts at resolving end-of-life disputes, examines the interests that the parties involved may value when considering the termination of lifesustaining treatment, addresses some of the bioethical concerns surrounding the decision to terminate life-sustaining treatment, and proposes that parties attempt to resolve end-of-life disputes using a neutral mediator who is trained in bioethics prior to, or in lieu of, entering the litigation system.
