Knowing when to stop: futility in the ICU.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Decisions to withdraw or withhold potentially life-sustaining treatment are common in intensive care and precede the majority of deaths. When families resist or oppose doctors' suggestions that it is time to stop treatment, it is often unclear what should be done. This revie...
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Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc.
2011
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