title: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units.
authors.affiliation: 1 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.affiliation: 2 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Alison E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.affiliation: 2 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaeh
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: 4 Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Gabriel T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Bosslet
authors.affiliation: 5 Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; and.
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: 6 Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Carey C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012955:Societies, Medical