@article{ veatch_medically_1992,
  title = {Medically futile care: the role of the physician in setting limits},
  volume = {18},
  issn = {0098-8588},
  shorttitle = {Medically futile care},
  abstract = {In an effort to clarify the concept of "medically futile care," two types of futile care are identified: 1) care that produces no demonstrable effect; and 2) care that produces an effect that is believed by the speaker to be of no net benefit. It is the second type of futile care, when a patient or surrogate and the clinician disagree over the benefit that the patient will receive from an intervention, that is most interesting morally and that cannot properly be labelled medically futile. As such, decisions to limit access to care deemed futile should not rest with medical professionals. This Article argues for a limited duty of clinicians to provide life-prolonging and some other fundamental care that is equitably funded and desired by the patient while competent, even if the clinician believes that such interventions will produce no net benefit.},
  language = {eng},
  number = {1-2},
  journal = {American journal of law \& medicine},
  author = {Veatch, R M and Spicer, C M},
  year = {1992},
  pmid = {1621702},
  keywords = {Adult, Aged, Decision Making, Ethics, Medical, Female, Freedom, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Life Support Care, Male},
  pages = {15--36}
}

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