RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Futile medicai treatment and patient consent
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 151
OP 154
VO 60
IS 2
A1 Smith, Martin L.
YR 1993
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/60/2/151.abstract
AB What are a physician’s ethical responsibilities when a patient or surrogate demands futile life-saving treatment? Recent attempts to define medical futility have implications for physician responsibility and may create exceptions to acquiring patient consent. Wording is proposed for a "futility clause" for use in do-not-resuscitate policies.