title: Futility and the acute care surgeon.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery (L.L.M.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Department of Surgery (A.C.M.), Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Department of Surgery (R.S.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Surgery (B.A.C.), University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; and Department of Surgery (O.C.K.), Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Maerz
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mosenthal
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Bryan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: Orlando C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Kirton
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*