A new predicament for physicians: the concept of medical futility, the physician's obligation to render inappropriate treatment, and the interplay of the medical standard of care.
D000757:Anencephaly; D003242:Conscience; D003657:Decision Making; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006040:Goals; D033161:Government Regulation; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007258:Informed Consent; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008020:Life Support Care; D018447:Medical Futility; D028681:Moral Obligations; D005791:Patient Care; D010361:Patients; D010820:Physicians; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012015:Reference Standards; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values; D013219:State Government; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia; Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act 1986; In re Baby K; Legal Approach