title: Pipes, colanders, and leaky buckets: reflections on the futility debate.
authors.affiliation: Boston College.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004739:England; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012660:Semantics; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014768:Virginia; D028761:Withholding Treatment