Little hope for medical futility

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1040-1041

  Caplan, Arthur L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DELIRIUM; ETHICS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVARY TUMOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DELIRIUM; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84872242489     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.09.003     Document Type: Editorial

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