Non-beneficial treatments in hospital at the end of life: a systematic review on extent of the problem
M Cardona-Morrell, JCH Kim, RM Turner… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Purpose To investigate the extent of objective 'non-beneficial treatments (NBTs)'(too much)
anytime in the last 6 months of life in routine hospital care. Data sources English language …
anytime in the last 6 months of life in routine hospital care. Data sources English language …
[HTML][HTML] Physician-related barriers to communication and patient-and family-centred decision-making towards the end of life in intensive care: a systematic review
M Visser, L Deliens, D Houttekier - Critical Care, 2014 - Springer
Introduction Although many terminally ill people are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU)
at the end of life, their care is often inadequate because of poor communication by …
at the end of life, their care is often inadequate because of poor communication by …
Defining futile and potentially inappropriate interventions: a policy statement from the Society of Critical Care Medicine Ethics Committee
AA Kon, EK Shepard, NO Sederstrom… - Critical care …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The Society of Critical Care Medicine and four other major critical care
organizations have endorsed a seven-step process to resolve disagreements about …
organizations have endorsed a seven-step process to resolve disagreements about …
The frequency and cost of treatment perceived to be futile in critical care
TN Huynh, EC Kleerup, JF Wiley… - JAMA internal …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Physicians often perceive as futile intensive care interventions that prolong life
without achieving an effect that the patient can appreciate as a benefit. The prevalence and …
without achieving an effect that the patient can appreciate as a benefit. The prevalence and …
Reasons doctors provide futile treatment at the end of life: a qualitative study
Objective Futile treatment, which by definition cannot benefit a patient, is undesirable. This
research investigated why doctors believe that treatment that they consider to be futile is …
research investigated why doctors believe that treatment that they consider to be futile is …
Medical decision-making in paediatrics: infancy to adolescence
KW Coughlin - Paediatrics & Child Health, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Medical decision-making in the paediatric population is complicated by the wide variation in
physical and psychological development that occurs as children progress from infancy to …
physical and psychological development that occurs as children progress from infancy to …
Medical futility at the end of life: the perspectives of intensive care and palliative care clinicians
RJ Jox, A Schaider, G Marckmann… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - jme.bmj.com
Objectives Medical futility at the end of life is a growing challenge to medicine. The goals of
the authors were to elucidate how clinicians define futility, when they perceive life-sustaining …
the authors were to elucidate how clinicians define futility, when they perceive life-sustaining …
[HTML][HTML] Medical futility and its challenges: a review study
M Aghabarary, ND Nayeri - Journal of medical ethics and history of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Concerns over limited medical equipment and resources, particularly in intensive care units
(ICUs), have raised the issue of medical futility. Medical futility draws a contrast between …
(ICUs), have raised the issue of medical futility. Medical futility draws a contrast between …
Intensive care nurses' perception of futility: job satisfaction and burnout dimensions
D Özden, Ş Karagözoğlu, G Yıldırım - Nursing ethics, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Suffering repeated experiences of moral distress in intensive care units due to applications
of futility reflects on nurses' patient care negatively, increases their burnout, and reduces …
of futility reflects on nurses' patient care negatively, increases their burnout, and reduces …
Inappropriate care in European ICUs: confronting views from nurses and junior and senior physicians
BACKGROUND ICU care providers often feel that the care given to a patient may be
inconsistent with their professional knowledge or beliefs. This study aimed to assess …
inconsistent with their professional knowledge or beliefs. This study aimed to assess …