title: The courts, futility, and the ends of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3550 Terrace St, Scaife Hall, Room 608, HPU010604, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. whitedb@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Thaddeus M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pope
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D019727:Proxy; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States