We do not know the true effectiveness of in-hospital resuscitation. Observed results of the
many published studies vary greatly. Studies originate from different settings and have …

OBJECTIVE: Communication regarding end-of-life care is frequently perceived as
suboptimal, despite the intent of both health care providers and patients. We interviewed …

Medical and technological advances mean that cancer patients have more treatment options
today than ever before, even patients with advanced disease. This wide range of available …

Are physicians who refuse to provide futile treatments guilty of unjustified paternalism?
Zawacki answers this question in the affirmative, suggesting that refusing to provide futile …

There has been an exponential increase in the number of publications on medical futility in
the past two decades [1]. A Medline search for the period 1983 to 1987 elicits no references …

Bioethics was firmly entrenched in academic, clinical, and health policy discussions and
debates as Canada entered the twenty-first century. This chapter presents an overview of …

As outlined in the editor's page" What's on line?"(Can Med Assoc J 1996; 154: 295), byDr.
Bruce P. Squires, CMA Online now provides clinicians with a collection of fulltext clinical …

Why do most physicians have so much difficulty respecting the wishes of their terminally ill
patients who refuse treatment? The normative pluralism model is introduced to answer this …

This explanatory study examined the reasons why physicians have difficulty respecting the
wishes of terminally ill patients who refuse treatment. Consistent with the relevant literature …

En invalidant, sous certaines conditions bien pr~ cises, les dispositions du Code criminel qui
prohibaient l'aide m~ dicale d mourir, l'arr~ t Carter de la Cour supreme du Canada a …