Are futile-care policies the answer? Providers struggle with decisions for patients near the end of life

Clinicians and ethicists are working to develop effective guidelines on futile care, but even reaching for definitions presents daunting challenges. When is patient care futile? Who decides? What are the legal, operational and health care resource utilization issues involved? An examination of the range of issues. And a look at the maturing hospice field.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1994

Erschienen:

1994

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Hospitals & health networks - 68(1994), 4 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 26-30, 32

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hudson, T [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Death and Euthanasia
Decisions Near the End of Life Program
Hastings Center
Journal Article
Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.03.1994

Date Revised 18.10.2016

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM082807485