UT Southwestern's Ethics Grand Rounds: "Medical Futility: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been"

Speaker: Thomas W. Mayo, J.D.

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Altschuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Professor of Law at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Abstract

In medical terms, "futility" results from the inevitable playing out of illness, trauma, and advanced age. In ethical terms, however, it represents a serious ethical dilemma. Texas unexpectedly broke new ground in 1999 with a law that attempted to map out an approach to resolving the dilemma. Subsequent developments have been even more unexpected.

CME

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (including medical ethics and/or professional responsibility).

NCPD

UT Southwestern Medical Center is accredited as a provider of nursing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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