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The Supportive Care Plan—Its Meaning and Application: Recommendations and Guidelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2021

The Task Force on Supportive Care
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Several incidents involving the withdrawal of treatment and/or the ordering of supportive care for nursing home residents came to public attention in the spring and summer of 1981, raising serious concerns among advocates, attorneys, and health care professionals about the use of supportive care orders. It appeared that there was little consistency or consensus with respect to the meaning or application of the Supportive care concept.

In response to such concerns, a task force of interested individuals long term care staff and administrators, consumer advocates, medical, legal and social service professionals, and government agency officials was convened to identify and discuss issues raised by the use of supportive care. The task set by the group was to make recommendations and propose a set of guidelines for the provision of supportive care in long term care settings.

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Law, Medicine and Healthcare , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , June 1984 , pp. 97 - 102
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1984

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See Minnesota Medical Association, DNR Guidelines (adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Medical Association) (January 1981).Google Scholar
The life of a physically or mentally disabled person is just as valuable as that of a person described as normal or healthy. It is not appropriate to consider a supportive care plan on the basis of a physical or mental disability alone.Google Scholar
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