Tackling medical futility in Texas [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1558-1559

  Fine, Robert L ^a  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMATOSE PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRITUAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FAMILY; LIVING WILL; NOTE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; TEXAS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 35248885217     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc076313     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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4. Fine RL, Mayo TW. Resolution of futility by due process: early experience with the Texas Advance Directives Act. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:743-6.
5. Ramshaw E. Bills challenge care limits for terminally ill patients. Dallas Morning News. February 15, 2007.