Two responses to "Physician refusal of requests for futile or ineffective interventions," by John J. Paris and Frank E. Reardon: Medical futility -- communication between doctors and patients  Applying the concept of futility at the bedside.
D000533:Altruism; D026686:Beneficence; D020811:Biomedical Technology; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005190:Family; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D018447:Medical Futility; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D005791:Patient Care; D028701:Patient Rights; D010361:Patients; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians; D011379:Prognosis; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012930:Social Dominance; D012945:Social Values; D019452:Terminally Ill; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia