title: Futility in medical decisions: the word and the concept.
authors.affiliation: Presdient's Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC 20006, USA.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D018447:Medical Futility; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States