title: Institutional futility: factual or phony?
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jwjones@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Laurence B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McCullough
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002568:Certification / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control / Q000941:ethics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006075:Governing Board / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D016896:Treatment Outcome