The Hastings Center Report · 1995 · 93 citations · 7 references
Health ProfessionsHealth PolicyMedical EthicsPatient SafetyResuscitationEthical Issues In End-of-life CareHospital EthicsMedical FutilityResuscitation EthicsWithholding TreatmentClinical FutilityFutility In Treatment DecisionsFutility JudgmentsResuscitation Decision-makingResuscitation FutilityResuscitation PoliciesTreatment FutilityWithholding Resuscitation
Hospital futility policies are ethically defensible, but they require\nthe proper understanding of futility and should be embedded in a larger\nprocess for making decisions about limiting treatment.
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Stuart J. Youngner · JAMA · 1988 · 316 citations
Law, Geriatric Medicine, Health Law +17
The illusion of futility in clinical practice
John D. Lantos, Peter Singer, R. M. Walker et al. · The American Journal of Medicine · 1989 · 253 citations