Against Offering “Faux Codes”: An Ethically Problematic Workaround

In another essay in this issue of the Hasting Center Report, an argument is made in favor of offering a “faux code” in the setting of a patient who cannot say no to her family who insists her code status remain “full.” Under the proposal, an unwritten agreement is made between the patient and the cl...

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Authors: Milliken, Aimee (Author) ; Leiter, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2025, Volume: 55, Issue: 6, Pages: 7-11
Further subjects:B public trust in health care
B Nursing
B Deception
B Palliative Care
B faux code
B Moral Distress
B clinical ethics
B end-of-life care
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