A broader look at medical futility

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-400

  Shelton, Wayne ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; POLITICS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CASE STUDIES; COMMON GOOD; CULTURAL PLURALISM; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DISSENT; FAMILY MEMBERS; FUTILITY; HEALTH CARE; JUSTICE; OBLIGATIONS TO SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIGHTS; RISKS AND BENEFITS; STANDARDS; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; VALUES; VENTILATORS;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNCERTAINTY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031728055     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009908016744     Document Type: Review

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