title: Futility in practice.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Schneiderman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jecker
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D032921:Consensus; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005260:Female; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D026706:Paternalism; D010361:Patients; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D028761:Withholding Treatment