The Incurable Debate — Choices at the End of the Mental Health Journey
Navigating the Crossroads of Compassion: Palliative Care vs. Medical Aid in Dying
Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Psychiatric End-of-Life Care
Most of the time, when we talk about incurable diseases often, our attention goes toward physical ailments. Contrary to this attitude, healthcare providers also confront incurable psychiatric disorders in their practice, which entails navigating the painstaking ethical principles, philosophical perspectives, and clinical realities. This delicate balance requires a gentle tack that respects patient autonomy while ensuring beneficence and non-maleficence. While at it, the strategy must also confirm justice and dignity and embrace holistic and patient-centered care.
Caring for those suffering from incurable psychiatric disorders demands careful deliberation of quality of life, ethical disagreements, and legal and societal factors.
All autonomy stands as the cornerstone of ethics, notably around those under psychiatric care. These are circumstances around the freedom to decide about treatment options, including the choice between palliative care and active medical intervention to facilitate dying with dignity.
