title: Nurses' Perceptions of Futile Care: A Qualitative Study.
abstract: Health care professionals believe that futile care must not be provided; however, there is no clear agreement over the definition and the manifestations of futile care. The aim of this study was to explore Iranian nurses' perceptions of futile care. In this qualitative exploratory study, the conventional content analysis approach was used for collecting and analyzing the study data. Three main themes were extracted from the data: nonfutility of care: care tantamount with outcome; sense of burnout; and subjectivity and relativity of medical futility concept.
authors.affiliation: Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aghabarary
authors.forename: Nahid Dehghan
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Nayeri
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003422:Critical Care / Q000941:ethics*; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires