title: Creating a medical futility policy. Physicians at a Honolulu hospital describe the experience.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii, St. Francis Medical Center, Honolulu, USA.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D006254:Hawaii; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016134:Organizational Policy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012935:Social Justice; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics