Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:26:10 +0200Czech Doctors’ Chamber issues guidelines on treatment of terminally ill patientshttps://english.radio.cz/czech-doctors-chamber-issues-guidelines-treatment-terminally-ill-patients-8576091© 2026 Radio Prague International Deciding when to stop treating terminally ill patients is an extremely sensitive issue and until now, doctors have had to make this decision alone and justify it to the patient’s relatives. Now the Czech Doctors’ Chamber has issued a set of guidelines which should help them decide when further treatment is futile. However the move has evoked criticism, with critics pointing out that such guidelines can be abused. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/doktor_pacient_0.jpg?timestamp=1697466542 Czech Doctors’ Chamber issues guidelines on treatment of terminally ill patients https://english.radio.cz/czech-doctors-chamber-issues-guidelines-treatment-terminally-ill-patients-8576091 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9