Futility in practice

Arch Intern Med. 1993 Feb 22;153(4):437-41.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / transmission
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Complementary Therapies
  • Consensus
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Euthanasia, Passive*
  • Female
  • Health Care Rationing
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Life Support Care / standards*
  • Male
  • Paternalism
  • Patients
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Refusal to Treat
  • Resource Allocation
  • Risk Assessment
  • Social Values
  • Withholding Treatment