@article{ref1,
title="The alcohol dependent person and the advocate: A conversation",
journal="Alcoholism treatment quarterly",
year="2013",
author="Berry, P.",
volume="31",
number="1",
pages="129-140",
abstract="The decision to offer life-saving organ support, such as dialysis or mechanical ventilation, to patients with alcoholic cirrhosis can be a difficult one. Patients may be confused or too ill to voice their preference, and physicians may interpret recidivism and continued self-harming behavior as markers of poor prognosis. Controversially, such patients may be regarded as less deserving. In this article dialogues that are based on historical interactions between a liver specialist (hepatologist), a dying person with alcohol dependence, and an intensive care consultant are re-created. They explore the issues of deservingness, self-harm and parasuicide, medical futility, public perception, and the motivations behind continued advocacy on the part of attending physicians. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0734-7324",
doi="10.1080/07347324.2013.746590",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2013.746590"
}