title: The futility debate: effective versus beneficial intervention.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0622.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Schneiderman
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D035501:Uncertainty; D028761:Withholding Treatment