Ethics and the provision of futile, harmful, or burdensome treatment to children

Crit Care Med. 1992 Mar;20(3):427-33. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199203000-00022.

Authors

L J Nelson¹, R M Nelson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

PMID: 1541106
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199203000-00022

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Consensus
Decision Making
Ethics, Medical*
Female
Heart Arrest / complications
Heart Arrest / therapy
Humans
Infant
Life Support Care*
Male
Parents*
Physician-Patient Relations*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy
Prognosis
Refusal to Treat
Risk Assessment
Social Values
Withholding Treatment*