title: Futility in pediatrics: from case to policy.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Truog
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003657:Decision Making; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008020:Life Support Care; D008297:Male; D018447:Medical Futility; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010290:Parents; D010372:Pediatrics; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment