Praying for miracles: practical responses to requests for medically futile treatments in the ICU setting

HEC Forum. 1995 Jul;7(4):228-42. doi: 10.1007/BF01463335.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Communication
  • Conflict, Psychological
  • Consensus
  • Dissent and Disputes
  • Ethicists
  • Ethics Committees
  • Ethics Committees, Clinical*
  • Ethics Consultation
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Family
  • Female
  • Group Processes
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units / standards*
  • Medical Futility*
  • Negotiating
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Resource Allocation
  • Social Values
  • United States
  • Withholding Treatment