title: Patient-originated futility insight: ethical right or ethical plight?
authors: The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jwjones@bcm.tmc.edu
authors: James W
authors: JW
authors: Jones
authors: Laurence B
authors: LB
authors: McCullough
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003243:Consciousness; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics