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Medical Futility Policies

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Professional Associations
Hospitals
Tips on Drafting a Futility Policy

Professional Associations - Futility Policies

ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM - Statement on Futility and Goal Conflict in End-of-Life Care in ICU Medicine 191(11) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY & CRITICAL CARE 1318-1330 (2015)

American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (2007)

American College of Physicians (2012)

American Medical Association (1996)

American Medical Association (1999)

American Society of Reproductive Medicine (2012)

American Thoracic Society (1991)

Healthcare Consent Quality Collaborative (collection of standards)

College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba (2007)

Medical Society of New Jersey

Ontario CPSO (Sept. 2015)

Renal Physicians Association (2010)

San Diego County Medical Society (2009)

Society of Critical Care Medicine (1999)

Texas Medical Association (2006)

Hospitals - Futility Policies

Boston Children's (MA) (1999)

California Pacific Med Center (CA) (1997)

Christiana Care (DE) (2009)

Cleveland Clinic (OH) (2010)

Froedtert Hospital (Wisconsin)

Hahnemann Hospital (PA) (2010)

Jewish Hospital (OH) (2002)

Los Angeles Area Hospital 1 (CA)

Los Angeles Area Hospital 2 (CA)

Los Angeles Area Hospital 3 (CA)

Minnesota Community Policy (MN)

Peace Health (OR & WA)

Regions Hospital (MN)

Shore Health System (MD) (2002)

Sunnybrook (Toronto) (2009)

UCSD (CA) (2004)

University of Louisville (KY)

University Health Network (Toronto) (2012)

Yale New Haven Hospital (CT)

Tips on Drafting a Medical Futility Policy

Advice from University of Toronto (2001)