Medical Futility and "Brain Death". uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Judgments of futility are always relative to some goal. In light of that proposition, continued treatment for those diagnosed as "brain dead" is not necessarily futile.

publication date

  • January 1, 2018

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85041074295

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1353/pbm.2018.0014

PubMed ID

  • 29375070

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 60

issue

  • 3