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Clinical uncertainty, medical futility and practice guidelines
Author(s)L Johnson White
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 42, no 8, August 1994
Pagespp 899-901
KeywordsHealth services ; Policy ; Dying ; Standards of provision.
AnnotationDiscusses whether guidelines can or should be used to inform policy on medical futility - the provision of intensive health care which has little chance of success.
Accession NumberCPA-941219025 A
ClassmarkL: QAD: CX: 583

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