Resolving Disputes between Clinicians and Family about "Futility" of Treatment

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-502

  Burt, Robert A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0346394856     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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