Abstract
Three years ago we noted that the literature on physicians' refusal to provide requested treatment was sparse1. Since that time the issue has fueled an intense, two-pronged debate – on futility and on the limits of patient autonomy. The debate over patient autonomy is a genuinely philosophical dispute; that over futility seems to be a relapse into nominalism. It is not the meaning of a word but the moral basis for the actions of the participants that ought to be the focus of our attention. The fractious debate on the meaning of futility, evidenced in a spate of recent…
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 354-357 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 329 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 29 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
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Paris, J. J., Schreiber, M. D., Statter, M., Arensman, R., & Siegler, M. (1993). Beyond Autonomy – Physicians' Refusal to Use Life-Prolonging Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. New England Journal of Medicine, 329(5), 354-357. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199307293290512