title: Judgments of futility: what should ethics committees be thinking about?
authors: University of Southern California Medical Center.
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Ross
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D010358:Patient Participation; D018579:Patient Selection; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment