Postoperative futility: a clinical algorithm for setting limits.

作者： L. B. McCullough , J. W. Jones

关键词:

摘要: This is the sixth in a series of articles on ethics, professional governance and law that BJS will run through remainder 2001.

参考文章(7)

William A. Gray, Robert J. Capone, Albert S. Most, Unsuccessful Emergency Medical Resuscitation — Are Continued Efforts in the Emergency Department Justified? New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 325, pp. 1393- 1398 ,(1991) , 10.1056/NEJM199111143252001

Allan S. Brett, Laurence B. McCullough, When Patients Request Specific Interventions The New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 315, pp. 1347- 1351 ,(1986) , 10.1056/NEJM198611203152109

B. A. Brody, A. Halevy, Is Futility a Futile Concept Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. ,vol. 20, pp. 123- 144 ,(1995) , 10.1093/JMP/20.2.123

Lawrence J Schneiderman, Nancy S Jecker, Albert R Jonsen, Medical Futility: Its Meaning and Ethical Implications Annals of Internal Medicine. ,vol. 112, pp. 949- 954 ,(1990) , 10.7326/0003-4819-112-12-949

Alain Leplège, Sonia Hunt, The Problem of Quality of Life in Medicine JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. ,vol. 278, pp. 47- 50 ,(1997) , 10.1001/JAMA.1997.03550010061041

Tom Tomlinson, Howard Brody, Ethics and Communication in Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders The New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 318, pp. 43- 46 ,(1988) , 10.1056/NEJM198801073180109

Paul E Sirbaugh, Paul E Pepe, Joan E Shook, Kay T Kimball, Mitchell J Goldman, Mark A Ward, Denise M Mann, A prospective, population-based study of the demographics, epidemiology, management, and outcome of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. Annals of Emergency Medicine. ,vol. 33, pp. 174- 184 ,(1999) , 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70391-4