Defining Futile and Potentially Inappropriate Interventions: A Policy Statement from the Society of Critical Care Medicine Ethics Committee

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1769-1774

  Kon, Alexander A ^a   Shepard, Eric K ^b   Sederstrom, Nneka O ^c   Swoboda, Sandra M ^d   Marshall, Mary Faith ^e   Birriel, Barbara ^f   Rincon, Fred ^g  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; end of life care; ethics; ethics consultation; medical futility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRITICAL CARE; ETHICS COMMITTEES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84982113150     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001965     Document Type: Article

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