Counterpoint: The Texas advance directives act is ethically flawed: medical futility disputes must be resolved by a fair process

Chest. 2009 Oct;136(4):968-971. doi: 10.1378/chest.09-1269.

Author

Robert D Truog¹

Affiliation

¹ Truog is Professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesiology, and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, and Director of Clinical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: robert.truog@childrens.harvard.edu.

PMID: 19809046
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-1269

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Advance Directives*
Boston
Child
Decision Making
Ethics, Medical*
Family
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Texas