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"Futile Care" and Its Friends Hospitals--and Legislators--Want to decide When Your life Is No Longer Worth Living.
When John Campbell's teenage son Christopher became comatose after a car accident in 1994, the last problem Campbell expected was obtaining proper medical treatment for his son. Campbell, a corporate executive, had excellent health insurance and was convinced Christopher would receive the best of care. But then something awful happened. One month after the accident, Christopher developed a burning fever. When his temperature reached 105--and rising--Campbell asked the attending nurses why his son was not being treated for the condition that now threatened his life. He soon found out: Christopher's doctor was out of town and the on-call physician had refused to order care. ...
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- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News Smith, Wesley December 1, 2000 700+ words
...abandonment justified? Advocates of futile-care theory cleverly shift the focus away...wrong" decision is made, futile-care theory will be imposed. Either way...attention in discussions of futile-care theory, they are not the only ones...
- Perceptions of "futile care" among caregivers in intensive care units.(Research)
- Magazine article from: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal Sibbald, Robert Downar, James Hawryluck, Laura November 6, 2007 700+ words
...is known about their definition of "futile care" or how they attempt to limit its impact...explore how ICU staff define medically futile care, why they provide it and what strategies...generated a working definition of medically futile care to mean the use of considerable resources...
- The infinite costs of futile care--the ultimate physician executive challenge.
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...defines infinity (1) and the benefits of futile care are zero, a costs/benefits ratio...infinite human and economics costs of futile care compel attention. Causes of futile...decision making processes that lead to futile care are faulty. Futile care has been defined...
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- Magazine article from: Denver Business Journal Hicks, L. Wayne October 8, 1993 700+ words
...pioneering broad guidelines to prevent 'futile care' in local hospitals Denver hospitals...them die. Such standards, known as "futile care policies," could mean, for instance...having a community-wide policy on futile care would provide the same standard of care...
- Michigan group to review hospital "futile care" policies.
- Magazine article from: Managed Care Weekly September 1, 2003 700+ words
...affiliates plan to review the so-called "futile care" policies of the state's hospitals...It is unknown how many hospitals have futile care policies. "People are absolutely clueless that futile care policies exist," Rivet told Booth...
- `Futile-care law' in Texas under fire.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) September 22, 2006 700+ words
...Under the terms of the state's "futile-care law," a hospital seeking to discontinue...followed the procedures required by the futile-care law, including convening a futility...14 days and Texas 10 days. Texas' futile-care law has been on the books since 1999...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) September 17, 2006 700+ words
...Under the terms of the state's "futile-care law," a hospital seeking to discontinue...followed the procedures required by the futile-care law, including convening a futility...14 days and Texas 10 days. Texas' futile-care law has been on the books since 1999...
- Transfer resolves latest futile-care case.
- News wire article from: Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) Ackerman, Todd July 31, 2006 700+ words
...support, resolving the latest local controversy about Texas' futile-care law. Hospital officials said Sunday that Kalilah Roberson...Her lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of Texas' futile-care law was removed to federal court, but Roberson-Reese...
- Woman who was the focus of futile-care debate dies: wrongful-death suit may be...
- News wire article from: Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) Ackerman, Todd January 3, 2007 700+ words
...whose case became a rallying point for opponents of Texas' futile-care law has died, more than five months after a Houston hospital...to a Harris County probate court. The lawyer alleged the futile-care law might be being "used to bury mistakes." Accepted in...
- 'Best interest' can be tricky when patient is unknown: withdrawing futile care...
- Newspaper article from: Medical Ethics Advisor March 1, 2005 700+ words
...and other heroic measures, surrogacy, and withdrawal of futile care are complicated enough, but they can be even more complex...relevant to an ethical analysis of deciding on potentially futile care or the withdrawal of care, Wesselman says, is determining...
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