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Laying Futility to Rest

In this essay I examine the formal structure of the concept of futility, enabling identification of the appropriate roles played by patient, professional, and society. I argue that the concept of futility does not justify unilateral decisions to forego life-sustaining medical treatment over patient...

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Autor principal: Nair-Collins, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26232595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhv019