Therapeutic futility as an ethical issue: intensive care unit nurses
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Therapeutic futility as an ethical issue: intensive care unit nurses.
Therapeutic futility in intensive care units (ICUs) is still little discussed among nursing professionals responsible for implementing prescribed procedures, which they might disagree on. Therefore, interviews were carried out with ICU nurses to understand how they are coping with the implementation of futile treatments. Based on the analysis of collected data, the following categories emerged:...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0104-1169
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692009000300005