Addressing Futility: A Practical Approach

OBJECTIVES:. Limiting or withdrawing nonbeneficial medical care is considered ethically responsible throughout most of critical care and medical ethics literature. Practically, however, setting limits to treatment is often challenging. We review the literature to identify best practices for using th...

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Main Authors: Piroska K. Kopar, MD, FACS, Adrienne Visani, BS, Kyler Squirrell, Douglas E. Brown, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-07-01
Series:Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000706