The empirical basis for determinations of medical futility

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1083-1089

  Gabbay, Ezra ^a   Calvo Broce, Jose ^a   Meyer, Klemens B ^a   Trikalinos, Thomas A ^b   Cohen, Joshua ^b   Kent, David M ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; critically ill; empirical evidence; futility

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957192016     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1445-3     Document Type: Review

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