title: Medical futility and ineffective care: a proposal for hospital policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D016134:Organizational Policy; D013022:South Carolina