Resistance is Futile

Intensive Care Nurses’ Reaction to Futile Cares:A Phenomenological Study

Abstract Introduction: Emotional stress due to futile care is very high and decreasing level of futile care can result in decrease of stress and increase nurses’ job satisfaction. Objective: This study aimed to determine intensive care nurses’ reaction to futile cares. Methods: In this qualitative study, a phenomenological approach was used. This study was conducted to un...

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Futile medical care is considered as the care or treatment that does not benefit the patient. Thus, perception of the clinical team regarding futile care is of great importance and it has an important role in the quality of nursing care and health of clinical team. This study aimed to determine the relationship between perception of nurses regarding futile medical care and their caring behavior...

Resistance Is Futile.

Frequency of Medical Futility and its Costs in Deceased Neonates with a Probable Diagnosis of Inherited Metabolic Disorder in Children’s Medical Center, Iran

Background and purpose: Futile medical care is referred to any medical intervention or activity that bring no benefit to patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of futile treatment and its cost in neonates with a probable diagnosis of inherited metabolic disorder. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, hospitalization records of all admitted neonates in Chi...

The delivery of futile care is harmful to other patients.

OBJECTIVE Intensive care units (ICUs) in different parts of the world provide care to patients with advanced age and terminal illness at different rates and in different patterns. In the United States, ICU beds make up a disproportionate number of acute care beds. Nearly half of all patients who die in U.S. hospitals have received ICU, some of which may be futile. The objective of this study wa...

Resistance is futile - the intonation between continuation rise and calling contour in German

German knows two plateau-based phrase-final intonation contours: the high level plateau of the continuation rise and the descending plateau sequence of the calling contour. They occur within a narrow scaling range of only a few semitones. The paper presents production and perception evidence for a third plateau-based phrase-final intonation contour inside this narrow scaling range. The new plat...