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Medical futility and care of dying patients.

Abstract

In this article, I address ethical concerns related to forgoing futile medical treatment in terminally ill and dying patients. Any discussion of medical futility should emphasize that health professionals and health care institutions have ethical responsibilities regarding medical futility. Among the topics I address are communicating with patients and families, resolving possible conflicts, and developing professional standards. Finally, I explore why acknowledging the futility of life-prolonging medical interventions can be so difficult for patients, families, and health professionals.

Entities: Species

Keywords: Death and Euthanasia

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Year: 1995 PMID： 7571593 PMCID： PMC1303054

Source DB: PubMed Journal: West J Med ISSN： 0093-0415

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3. Would you be surprised if this patient died?: Preliminary exploration of first and second year residents' approach to care decisions in critically ill patients.

Authors: Daniel C Johnson; Jean S Kutner; John D Armstrong
Journal: BMC Palliat Care Date: 2003-01-15 Impact factor: 3.234

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Medical futility and care of dying patients.

1. Stopping treatment on grounds of futility: a role for institutional policy.

2. The problem with futility.

3. Medical futility. Who decides?

Review 4. Resuscitation of patients with metastatic cancer. Is transient benefit still futile?

5. Knowing when to stop: the limits of medicine.

6. Conflict between doctor and patient.

7. How ethics consultation can help resolve dilemmas about dying patients.

Review 8. Medical futility: its meaning and ethical implications.

9. The physician's responsibility toward hopelessly ill patients. A second look.

10. Unsuccessful emergency medical resuscitation--are continued efforts in the emergency department justified?

1. Perceptions of patients on the utility or futility of end-of-life treatment.

2. Frustrated mastery. The cultural context of death in America.

3. Would you be surprised if this patient died?: Preliminary exploration of first and second year residents' approach to care decisions in critically ill patients.