title: Why are critical care clinicians so powerfully distressed by family demands for futile care?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: J Randall
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Burt
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000523:psychology*; D018447:Medical Futility; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations