TY - JOUR T1 - Futile medicai treatment and patient consent JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 151 LP - 154 VL - 60 IS - 2 AU - Martin L. Smith Y1 - 1993/03/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/60/2/151.abstract N2 - 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. ER -