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Therapeutic Futility

Therapeutic Futility is a clinical ethics construct that designates a medical intervention as devoid of reasonable physiological or symptomatic benefit for older adults, thereby distinguishing it from potentially effective treatments by its inability to achieve a meaningful therapeutic goal in this population.

79

Publications

4.4K

Citations

1.3K

Authors

337

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

14

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Publications

79

The Problem with Futility

Robert D. Truog, Allan S. Brett, Joel Frader · New England Journal of Medicine · 1992 · 468 citations

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The Rise and Fall of the Futility Movement

Paul R. Helft, Mark Siegler, J Lantos · New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 348 citations

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Futility and the Ethics of Resuscitation

Tom Tomlinson · JAMA · 1990 · 269 citations

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Medical futility: Predicting outcome of intensive care unit patients by nurses and doctors—A prospective comparative study*

Sonia Frick, Dominik E. Uehlinger, Regula M. Zuercher Zenklusen · Critical Care Medicine · 2003 · 207 citations

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Is Futility a Futile Concept?

Baruch A. Brody, Amir Halevy · The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine · 1995 · 188 citations

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Authors

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  1. NS
    Nancy S. Jecker

    University of Washington, United States

    5 publications · 210 citations

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  2. LJ
    Lawrence J. Schneiderman

    University of California San Diego, United States

    4 publications · 332 citations

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  3. MS
    Mark Siegler

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 426 citations

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  4. JD
    John D. Lantos

    Children's Mercy Hospital, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  5. SH
    Steven H. Miles

    University of Minnesota, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

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Institutions

337

  1. University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    216 citations

  2. Institute of Medical Ethics

    St Helens, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    194 citations

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    4 h-index

    23 publications

    808 citations

  4. Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    648 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    797 citations

  6. Fred Hutch Cancer Center

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    416 citations

  7. Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, United States

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    532 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    965 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Medical Ethics

    5 publications · 156 citations

    5

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  2. Archives of Internal Medicine

    5 publications · 219 citations

    5

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  3. New England Journal of Medicine

    NEJM · 3 publications · 877 citations

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  4. JAMA

    3 publications · 391 citations

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  5. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

    3 publications · 93 citations

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