Medical futility and appropriate medical care in patients whose death is thought to be imminent.

Escalante, C P; Martin, C G; Elting, L S; Rubenstein, E B

Escalante, C P; Martin, C G; Elting, L S; Rubenstein, E B.

Affiliation

Escalante CP; Department of Medical Specialties, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.

Support Care Cancer ; 5(4): 274-80, 1997 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9257423

Subject(s)

Ethics, Medical; Medical Futility; Terminal Care; Adenocarcinoma/economics; Adenocarcinoma/therapy; Adult; Cost Control; Decision Making; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Lung Neoplasms/economics; Lung Neoplasms/therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment, Health Care

Key words

Death and Euthanasia

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Terminal Care / Medical Futility / Ethics, Medical Type of study: Prognostic_studies Aspects: Ethics Limits: Adult / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Support Care Cancer Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS / SERVICOS DE SAUDE Year: 1997 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Germany

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