Medical Futility: The Duty Not to Treat

Partly because physicians can “never say never,” partly because of the seduction of modern technology, and partly out of misplaced fear of litigation, physicians have increasingly shown a tendency to undertake treatments that have no realistic expectation of success. For this reason, we have articul...

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Authors: Jecker, Nancy S. (Author) ; Schneiderman, Lawrence J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1993
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1993, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-159
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