Medical Futility: A Cross-National Study

This summer, World Scientific Publishing will release Iranian physician-bioethicist Alireza Bagheri's new book, Medical Futility: A Cross-National Study (Sept. 2013) (300pp).   



Most of the current books (e.g. Schneiderman & Jecker 2011) on medical futility focus on the United States. This book provides extensive international perspectives, allowing healthcare professionals to see how different countries approach the issue of medical futility and their experiences in dealing with this issue.  Here is the table of contents:

• So-Called Futile Care: The Experience of the United States


• The Reality of Medical Futility in Brazil


• Medical Futility and End-of-the-Life Issues in Belgium


• The Concept of Medical Futility in Venezuela


• Medical Futility in the Russian Federation


• Medical Futility in Australia


• Medical Futility in Japan


• Ethical Issues and Policy in Medical Futility in China


• Medical Futility in Korea


• Medical Futility from the Swiss Perspective


• Medical Futility in Turkey


• Medical Futility in the United Arab Emirates


• Medical Futility in Iran