title: The politics of medical futility.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lantos
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D018166:Health Care Reform; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000266:history; D018447:Medical Futility; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011057:Politics; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012151:Resuscitation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment