Limiting medical care | Resource-adequate situation | Resource-poor situation |
---|---|---|
Focus | Patient autonomy | Community needs |
Relationships | Caregivers invested with family | Caregivers unknown to family |
Patient condition | End of life | NOT at end of life |
Decision made | Days to weeks | Hours |
Prior care | Exhaustive | Little to none |
Subjective inputs | Critical | Minimal |
Key decision-maker | Family and caregivers | 'Triage' physician or team |