AIM To determine the prevalence and contributing factors of moral distress in medical and surgical nurses. BACKGROUND Moral distress from ethical conflicts in the work environment is associated with burnout and job turnovers in nurses. METHOD A prospective cross-sectional survey using the Moral Distress Scale tool was administered to medical and surgical nurses at an adult acute tertiary ca...

AMA Pełczyński S, Karbowiak K, Ziembicki H. Futile therapy from a medical student’s perspective. Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine. 2023. doi:10.5114/pm.2023.131306. APA Pełczyński, S., Karbowiak, K., & Ziembicki, (2023). https://doi.org/10.5114/pm.2023.131306 Chicago Szymon, Kinga and Hubert Ziembicki. "Futile perspective". Harvard MLA Szymon et al. perspective." Medicine, Vancouver

OBJECTIVES To present an analysis of "futility" that is useful in the clinical setting. DESIGN Literature review. MATERIAL AND METHODS According to Medline more than 750 articles have been published about medical futility. Three criteria (language, time period, and the authors expressed their own opinions) singled out 43 of them. The authors' opinions about futility were analysed using the ...

A major debate in medical ethics is the request for futile treatment. The topic of medical futility requires discrete assessment in Iran for at least two reasons. First, the common principles and foundations of medical ethics have taken shape in the context of Western culture and secularism. Accordingly, the implementation of the same guidelines and codes of medical ethics as Western societies ...

This report addresses the difficult situation in which a patient or surrogate decision maker wishes cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be attempted even though the physician believes that resuscitation efforts would be futile. It also reviews current controversies surrounding the subject of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders and medical futility, discusses the complex medical, legal, and ethical con...

BACKGROUND Nurses' perceptions of futile care may lead to emotional exhaustion. OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between critical care nurses' perceptions of futile care and its effect on burnout. METHODS A descriptive survey design was used with 60 critical care nurses who worked full-time and had a minimum of 1 year of critical care experience at the 2 participating hospitals (350...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the incidence, duration and cost of futile treatment for end-of-life hospital admissions. DESIGN Retrospective multicentre cohort study involving a clinical audit of hospital admissions. SETTING Three Australian public-sector tertiary hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Adult patients who died while admitted to one of the study hospitals over a 6-month period in 2012. MAIN OU...

Methods A survey on the “Factors Involved in Dysthanasia and/or Futile Care”, designed by the authors, was applied to medical and nursing staff of every ICUs of the High Specialty Regional Hospital of El Bajío (HRAEB) along a period of 5 months. Staff participation was voluntary and the forms were self-reported. The interviews were conducted individually, in a private setting, and within a cont...