Thứ Bảy, 22 tháng 6, 2013

Medical Futility Remains Major Reason for Ethics Consults

Andrew G. Shuman and colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have published a new study in the Journal of Oncology Practice, reviewing and describing clinical ethics consultations (2007 to 2011) at two National Cancer Institute–designated comprehensive cancer centers.



They found that the most common primary issues leading to ethics consultation were:




  • Code status and advance directives (25%)

  • Surrogate decision making (17%)

  • Medical futility (13%)





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