title: Futility and hospital policy.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czlonka
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D032921:Consensus; D003657:Decision Making; D030881:Disclosure; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006126:Group Processes; D006739:Hospital Administration; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D028681:Moral Obligations; D016134:Organizational Policy; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011050:Policy Making; D012151:Resuscitation; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D028761:Withholding Treatment