title: Futility--from hospital policies to state laws.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, USA.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Truog
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017041:Ethics Committees; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment