Why are critical care clinicians so powerfully distressed by family demands for futile care?

J Crit Care. 2003 Mar;18(1):22-4. doi: 10.1053/jcrc.2003.YJCRC5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Critical Care
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Life Support Care / psychology*
  • Medical Futility
  • Nurses / psychology*
  • Physicians / psychology*
  • Professional-Family Relations*