title: Tackling medical futility in Texas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Truog
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009014:Morals; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013781:Texas; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*