What has happened to clinical leadership  in futile care discussions?

Murphy, Brendan F

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01690.x

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Treating clinicians need to make and own decisions about withholding futile treatment, instead of delegating them to patients’ families who are usually ill equipped to do so

Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: brendan.murphy@austin.org.au

Competing interests:

None identified.

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