title: "Futility" Is a Failed Concept in Medical Decision Making: Its Use Should Be Abandoned.
authors.affiliation: a Boston College.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hawkins
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016743:Mental Competency