The utility of futility: The construction of bioethical problems

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 509-517

  Carnevale, Franco A ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Constructivism; Futility; Life support; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032215045     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096973398670048722     Document Type: Article

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