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Resolving disputes between clinicians and family about "futility" of treatment

Family resistance to withdrawal of life support from children presents difficult issues of clinical practice and of principle. Legal recognition of unilateral physician authority for withdrawal on grounds of clinical "futility"-even in the most…

Tags: 2003, Backlog, Brain Death, Burt RA, Emotions, Family, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Journal Article, Life Support Care, Medical Futility/ethics/psychology, Pediatrics, Physician's Role, Physicians, Seminars in Perinatology

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