Traduction de «life-prolonging therapy » (Anglais → Français) :

life-sustaining treatment [ life-prolonging treatment | life-preserving treatment | life-sustaining therapy | life-prolonging therapy | life-sustaining procedure | life-sustaining intervention | life-prolonging intervention ]

use of intensive medication | aggressive therapy | life-sustaining treatment | prolongation of life by medical means

Definition: States of subjective distress and emotional disturbance, usually interfering with social functioning and performance, arising in the period of adaptation to a significant life change or a stressful life event. The stressor may have affected the integrity of an individual's social network (bereavement, separation experiences) or the wider system of social supports and values (migration, refugee status), or represented a major developmental transition or crisis (going to school, becoming a parent, failure to attain a cherished personal goal, retirement). Individual predisposition or vulnerability plays an important role in the risk of occurrence and the shaping of the manifestations of adjustment disorders, but it is nevertheless ...[+++]assumed that the condition would not have arisen without the stressor. The manifestations vary and include depressed mood, anxiety or worry (or mixture of these), a feeling of inability to cope, plan ahead, or continue in the present situation, as well as some degree of disability in 9the performance of daily routine. Conduct disorders may be an associated feature, particularly in adolescents. The predominant feature may be a brief or prolonged depressive reaction, or a disturbance of other emotions and conduct. | Culture shock Grief reaction Hospitalism in children

Definition: Enduring personality change, present for at least two years, following exposure to catastrophic stress. The stress must be so extreme that it is not necessary to consider personal vulnerability in order to explain its profound effect on the personality. The disorder is characterized by a hostile or distrustful attitude toward the world, social withdrawal, feelings of emptiness or hopelessness, a chronic feeling of being on edge as if constantly threatened, and estrangement. Post-traumatic stress disorder (F43.1) may precede this type of personality change. | Personality change after:concentration camp experiences | disasters | prolonged:captivity with an imminent possibility of being killed | exposure to ...[+++]life-threatening situations such as being a victim of terrorism | torture

artificial prolongation of life

hypnotic regression | lying | past life therapy

artificial prolongation of life [ artificial survival ]

prolong die life

measure for the prolongation of life

A rare thyroid disease with characteristics of a gene mutation induced, temporary deficiency of thyroid hormones at birth, which later reverts to normal with or without replacement therapy in the first few months or years of life.

On the other hand, there are cases in which therapies can have a considerable (more than a month) life-prolonging effect but in which prolongation of life is undesirable or pointless and treatment is withheld or withdrawn for this reason.< $Fvan der Maas, p. 85.>

No chance of improvement< T> 60%< R> All medical therapy had become futile< T> 39%< R> No needless prolongation< T> 33%< R> Relatives could no longer cope< T> 32%< R> Low quality of life< T> 31%< R> Pain/suffering of patient< T> 30%< R> Wish by patient< T> 7%< R> A therapy had been withdrawn but patient did not die < T> 3%< R> Economic considerations(e.g. scarcity of beds < T> 1%< R> Other < T> 1%< $F Ibid. p. 64, Table 6.7.>

In other words, they may choose not to have certain kinds of therapies which prolong their life.