How Can Hospital Futility Policies Contribute to Establishing Standards of Practice?

A few years ago a battered infant was admitted to a California hospital. After a period of observation and testing, the physicians concluded that the infant had been beaten so badly that his brain was almost completely destroyed, leaving him permanently unconscious. The hospital had just adopted a p...

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Authors: Schneiderman, Lawrence J. (Author) ; Capron, Alexander Morgan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2000
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 524-531
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