title: Futile treatments in intensive care units.
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Truog
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000523:psychology*