title: The AIDS patient and the last ICU bed: scarcity, medical futility, and ethics.
authors.affiliation: Bioethics Consultation Group, Berkeley, CA 94710.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zoloth-Dorfman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carney
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D026686:Beneficence; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018579:Patient Selection; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011287:Prejudice; D012106:Research; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States; D028722:Virtues; D028761:Withholding Treatment