Dr. Robert Truog is the Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesia, & Pediatrics and Director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. He has broad research interests in all areas of bioethics, but is particularly engaged with ethical issues that arise in the practice of critical care medicine. His current areas of focus are examining definitions of death, addressing conflicts over medical futility, and improving communication and decision-making at the end-of-life.
Research Background
Dr. Truog’s research involves writing normative analysis and commentary on current issues in bioethics, particularly those related to critical care medicine. He also is engaged as a mentor for many research projects involving his students, fellows, and post-docs.
Education
Medical School
University of California at Los Angeles
1980
Los Angeles
CA
Internship
Pediatrics
University of Colorado
1983
Denver
CO
Residency
Pediatrics
University of Colorado
1983
Denver
CO
Residency
Chief Resident
University of Colorado
1984
Denver
CO
Residency
Anesthesia
University of California at Los Angeles
1986
Los Angeles
CA
Fellowship
Pediatric Anesthesia/Critical Care
Boston Children's Hospital
1987
Boston
MA
Publications
A Multicenter Weighted Lottery to Equitably Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapeutics. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 08 15; 206(4):503-506. View Abstract
Do Not Attempt Resuscitation in the Operating Room: A Misconstrued Paradox? J Am Coll Surg. 2022 05 01; 234(5):953-957. View Abstract
The neuroethics of disorders of consciousness: a brief history of evolving ideas. Brain. 2021 12 16; 144(11):3291-3310. View Abstract
Ventilator Allocation Protocols: Sophisticated Bioethics for an Unworkable Strategy. Hastings Cent Rep. 2021 09; 51(5):56-57. View Abstract
It Is Time to Abandon the Dogma That Brain Death Is Biological Death. Hastings Cent Rep. 2021 07; 51(4):18-21. View Abstract
Allocating Resources Across the Life Span During COVID-19-Integrating Neonates and Children Into Crisis Standards of Care Protocols. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 04 01; 175(4):347-348. View Abstract
Attitudes towards involving children in decision-making surrounding lung transplantation. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 06; 56(6):1534-1542. View Abstract
Ethical climate in contemporary paediatric intensive care. J Med Ethics. 2021 Jan 11. View Abstract
Seeking Conceptual Clarity in Organ Procurement Following Circulatory Determination of Death. J Law Med Ethics. 2021; 49(3):441-443. View Abstract
Crisis Level ICU Triage Is About Saving Lives. Crit Care Med. 2021 01 01; 49(1):e102-e103. View Abstract
Categorized Priority Systems: A New Tool for Fairly Allocating Scarce Medical Resources in the Face of Profound Social Inequities. Chest. 2021 03; 159(3):1294-1299. View Abstract
What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? AMA J Ethics. 2020 12 01; 22(12):E986-994. View Abstract
Trustworthiness before Trust - Covid-19 Vaccine Trials and the Black Community. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 26; 383(22):e121. View Abstract
Brain Death-Moving Beyond Consistency in the Diagnostic Criteria. JAMA. 2020 09 15; 324(11):1045-1047. View Abstract
Adult ICU Triage During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Who Will Live and Who Will Die? Recommendations to Improve Survival. Crit Care Med. 2020 08; 48(8):1196-1202. View Abstract
Defining Death: Lessons From the Case of Jahi McMath. Pediatrics. 2020 08; 146(Suppl 1):S75-S80. View Abstract
Cognitive Bias and Public Health Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA. 2020 Jul 28; 324(4):337-338. View Abstract
Understanding Brain Death. JAMA. 2020 Jun 02; 323(21):2139-2140. View Abstract
Beyond the Apnea Test: An Argument to Broaden the Requirement for Consent to the Entire Brain Death Evaluation. Am J Bioeth. 2020 06; 20(6):17-19. View Abstract
Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 07; 8(7):717-725. View Abstract
Adult ICU Triage During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Who Will Live and Who Will Die? Recommendations to Improve Survival. Crit Care Med. 2020 May 06. View Abstract
Use of Nazi torture device image in digital scholarship article. Med Teach. 2020 06; 42(6):717-718. View Abstract
Triage of Scarce Critical Care Resources in COVID-19 An Implementation Guide for Regional Allocation: An Expert Panel Report of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care and the American College of Chest Physicians. Chest. 2020 07; 158(1):212-225. View Abstract
The Toughest Triage - Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 21; 382(21):1973-1975. View Abstract
Location of Clinician-Family Communication at the End of Life in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Clinician Perception of Communication Quality. J Palliat Med. 2020 08; 23(8):1052-1059. View Abstract
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment and Limiting Overtreatment at the End of Life. JAMA. 2020 03 10; 323(10):934-935. View Abstract
Is 'best interests' the right standard in cases like that of Charlie Gard? J Med Ethics. 2020 01; 46(1):16-17. View Abstract
Interprofessional Shared Decision-Making in the ICU: A Systematic Review and Recommendations From an Expert Panel. Crit Care Med. 2019 09; 47(9):1258-1266. View Abstract
Of Slide Rules and Stethoscopes: AI and the Future of Doctoring. Hastings Cent Rep. 2019 09; 49(5):3. View Abstract
In support of mitochondrial replacement therapy. Nat Med. 2019 06; 25(6):870-871. View Abstract
Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Relevance of the Killing Versus Letting Die Distinction. Am J Bioeth. 2019 03; 19(3):34-36. View Abstract
How Ought Health Care Be Allocated? Two Proposals. Perspect Biol Med. 2019; 62(4):765-777. View Abstract
Identifying intangible assets in interprofessional healthcare organizations: feasibility of an asset inventory. J Interprof Care. 2019 Sep-Oct; 33(5):583-586. View Abstract
Lessons from the Case of Jahi McMath. Hastings Cent Rep. 2018 Nov; 48 Suppl 4:S70-S73. View Abstract
Brain Death at Fifty: Exploring Consensus, Controversy, and Contexts. Hastings Cent Rep. 2018 Nov; 48 Suppl 4:S2-S5. View Abstract
Biological, Legal, and Moral Definitions of Brain Death-Reply. JAMA. 2018 10 09; 320(14):1494-1495. View Abstract
Voluntary Euthanasia - Implications for Organ Donation. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 06; 379(10):909-911. View Abstract
When a Child Dies in the PICU Despite Ongoing Life Support. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 08; 19(8S Suppl 2):S33-S40. View Abstract
An Ethical Claim for Providing Medical Recommendations in Pediatric Intensive Care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 08; 19(8):e433-e437. View Abstract
The 50-Year Legacy of the Harvard Report on Brain Death. JAMA. 2018 Jul 24; 320(4):335-336. View Abstract
Yes, Families Really Do Respond to More Empathetic Physicians. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 07 06; 1(3):e180352. View Abstract
Conflicts of interest in critical care partnerships: are we living up to our values? Intensive Care Med. 2018 Oct; 44(10):1730-1731. View Abstract
Building Capacity for a Global Genome Editing Observatory: Institutional Design. Trends Biotechnol. 2018 08; 36(8):741-743. View Abstract
Building Capacity for a Global Genome Editing Observatory: Conceptual Challenges. Trends Biotechnol. 2018 07; 36(7):639-641. View Abstract
Defining Death-Making Sense of the Case of Jahi McMath. JAMA. 2018 May 08; 319(18):1859-1860. View Abstract
Voluntary Stopping and Eating and Drinking Among Patients With Serious Advanced Illness-A Label in Search of a Problem?-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 05 01; 178(5):727. View Abstract
The Concept of Futility: Recognizing the Importance of Context. Perspect Biol Med. 2018; 60(3):428-432. View Abstract
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking Among Patients With Serious Advanced Illness-Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 01 01; 178(1):123-127. View Abstract
How Should Clinicians Weigh the Benefits and Harms of Discussing Politicized Topics that Influence Their Individual Patients' Health? AMA J Ethics. 2017 Dec 01; 19(12):1174-1182. View Abstract
Potentially inappropriate liver transplantation in the era of the "sickest first" policy - A search for the upper limits. J Hepatol. 2018 04; 68(4):798-813. View Abstract
Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death: Canadian Guidelines Define Parameters of Consensus and Uncertainty. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 11; 18(11):1068-1070. View Abstract
The United Kingdom Sets Limits on Experimental Treatments: The Case of Charlie Gard. JAMA. 2017 Sep 19; 318(11):1001-1002. View Abstract
Expanding the Horizon of Our Obligations in the Clinician-Patient Relationship. Hastings Cent Rep. 2017 07; 47(4):40-41. View Abstract
Rebuttal From Drs Truog and Tasker. Chest. 2017 10; 152(4):705-706. View Abstract
COUNTERPOINT: Should Informed Consent Be Required for Apnea Testing in Patients With Suspected Brain Death? Yes. Chest. 2017 10; 152(4):702-704. View Abstract
Patient autonomy and professional expertise in decisions near the end of life: commentary on Francis Kamm. J Med Ethics. 2017 09; 43(9):587-588. View Abstract
What to Do When There Aren't Enough Beds in the PICU. AMA J Ethics. 2017 Feb 01; 19(2):157-163. View Abstract
The DNR Order after 40 Years. N Engl J Med. 2016 Aug 11; 375(6):504-6. View Abstract
Against "Healthy Paternalism" at the End of Life. JAMA Oncol. 2016 Jun 01; 2(6):832. View Abstract
The price of our illusions and myths about the dead donor rule. J Med Ethics. 2016 May; 42(5):318-9. View Abstract
Toward Better ICU Use at the End of Life. JAMA. 2016 Jan 19; 315(3):255-6. View Abstract
Medically Inappropriate or Futile Treatment: Deliberation and Justification. J Med Philos. 2016 Feb; 41(1):90-114. View Abstract
The Question of Clinical Equipoise and Patients' Best Interests. AMA J Ethics. 2015 Dec 01; 17(12):1108-15. View Abstract
The Importance of Deception in Simulation: A Response. Simul Healthc. 2015 Dec; 10(6):387-390. View Abstract
Prenatal Decision-Making for Myelomeningocele: Can We Minimize Bias and Variability? Pediatrics. 2015 Sep; 136(3):409-11. View Abstract
Ethical dilemmas with the use of ECMO as a bridge to transplantation. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Aug; 3(8):597-8. View Abstract
What is a reflex? A guide for understanding disorders of consciousness. Neurology. 2015 Aug 11; 85(6):543-8. View Abstract
Deception and simulation education: issues, concepts, and commentary. Simul Healthc. 2015 Jun; 10(3):163-9. View Abstract
An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun 01; 191(11):1318-30. View Abstract
In Favour of Medical Dissensus: Why We Should Agree to Disagree About End-of-Life Decisions. Bioethics. 2016 Feb; 30(2):109-18. View Abstract
An official American Thoracic Society policy statement: managing conscientious objections in intensive care medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 15; 191(2):219-27. View Abstract
Talking with parents about end-of-life decisions for their children. Pediatrics. 2015 Feb; 135(2):e465-76. View Abstract
Microethics: the ethics of everyday clinical practice. Hastings Cent Rep. 2015 Jan-Feb; 45(1):11-7. View Abstract
Medical futility: a new look at an old problem. Chest. 2014 Dec; 146(6):1667-1672. View Abstract
Should we tell parents when we've made an error? Pediatrics. 2015 Jan; 135(1):159-63. View Abstract
Seeking worldwide professional consensus on the principles of end-of-life care for the critically ill. The Consensus for Worldwide End-of-Life Practice for Patients in Intensive Care Units (WELPICUS) study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Oct 15; 190(8):855-66. View Abstract
Family participation during intensive care unit rounds: goals and expectations of parents and health care providers in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit. J Pediatr. 2014 Dec; 165(6):1245-1251.e1. View Abstract
Epidemiology of death in the PICU at five U.S. teaching hospitals*. Crit Care Med. 2014 Sep; 42(9):2101-8. View Abstract
The meaning of brain death: a different view. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug; 174(8):1215-6. View Abstract
Apologies in medicine: legal protection is not enough. CMAJ. 2015 Mar 17; 187(5):E156-9. View Abstract
Physicians, medical ethics, and execution by lethal injection. JAMA. 2014 Jun 18; 311(23):2375-6. View Abstract
Measuring the quality of dying and death in the pediatric intensive care setting: the clinician PICU-QODD. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Jan; 49(1):66-78. View Abstract
Defining death: the importance of scientific candor and transparency. Intensive Care Med. 2014 Jun; 40(6):885-7. View Abstract
Changing the conversation about brain death. Am J Bioeth. 2014; 14(8):9-14. View Abstract
Futile treatments in intensive care units. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Nov 11; 173(20):1894-5. View Abstract
Family participation during intensive care unit rounds: attitudes and experiences of parents and healthcare providers in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit. J Pediatr. 2014 Feb; 164(2):402-6.e1-4. View Abstract
Talking with patients about other clinicians' errors. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 31; 369(18):1752-7. View Abstract
The dead-donor rule and the future of organ donation. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 03; 369(14):1287-9. View Abstract
An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: assessment and palliative management of dyspnea crisis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2013 Oct; 10(5):S98-106. View Abstract
Triage of intensive care patients: identifying agreement and controversy. Intensive Care Med. 2013 Nov; 39(11):1916-24. View Abstract
An official American Thoracic Society/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Society of Critical Care Medicine/Association of Organ and Procurement Organizations/United Network of Organ Sharing Statement: ethical and policy considerations in organ donation after circulatory determination of death. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 01; 188(1):103-9. View Abstract
The OHRP and SUPPORT. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 20; 368(25):e36. View Abstract
Palliative care in the ICU: lots of questions, few answers*. Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun; 41(6):1568-9. View Abstract
Ethical challenges in providing eolc in the ICU. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2013 Jun; 3(2):241. View Abstract
Talking with families about organ donation in the ICU. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2013 Jun; 3(2):276. View Abstract
"Apologies" from pathologists: why, when, and how to say "sorry" after committing a medical error. Int J Surg Pathol. 2014 May; 22(3):242-6. View Abstract
Apology laws and open disclosure. Med J Aust. 2013 May 06; 198(8):411-2. View Abstract
The luck of the draw: physician-related variability in end-of-life decision-making in intensive care. Intensive Care Med. 2013 Jun; 39(6):1128-32. View Abstract
Deception and death in medical simulation. Simul Healthc. 2013 Feb; 8(1):1-3. View Abstract
The ethics of reality medical television. J Clin Ethics. 2013; 24(1):50-7. View Abstract
"I was able to still be her mom"--parenting at end of life in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Nov; 13(6):e350-6. View Abstract
"What would you do if this were your child?": practitioners' responses during enacted conversations in the United States. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Nov; 13(6):e372-6. View Abstract
Research ethics. Paying patients for their tissue: the legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Science. 2012 Jul 06; 337(6090):37-8. View Abstract
Anesthesia does not reduce suffering at the end of life. Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul; 40(7):2268. View Abstract
"Brain death" is a useful fiction. Crit Care Med. 2012 Apr; 40(4):1393-4; author reply 1394. View Abstract
Patients and doctors--evolution of a relationship. N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 16; 366(7):581-5. View Abstract
Should patients receive general anesthesia prior to extubation at the end of life?. Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb; 40(2):631-3. View Abstract
Stepping out further from the shadows: disclosure of harmful radiologic errors to patients. Radiology. 2012 Feb; 262(2):381-6. View Abstract
When does a nudge become a shove in seeking consent for organ donation? Am J Bioeth. 2012; 12(2):42-4. View Abstract
Rationing in the intensive care unit: to disclose or disguise? Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan; 40(1):261-6. View Abstract
Going all the way: ethical clarity and ethical progress. Am J Bioeth. 2012; 12(6):10-1. View Abstract
Tolstoy on transparency and authority in end-of-life decision-making. Intensive Care Med. 2011 Nov; 37(11):1723-4. View Abstract
Death and legal fictions. J Med Ethics. 2011 Dec; 37(12):719-22. View Abstract
Do-not-resuscitate orders in evolution: matching medical interventions with patient goals. Crit Care Med. 2011 May; 39(5):1213-4. View Abstract
Are there some things doctors just shouldn't do? Hastings Cent Rep. 2011 May-Jun; 41(3):3. View Abstract
Neonatal decision-making: beyond the standard of best interests. Am J Bioeth. 2011 Feb; 11(2):44-5. View Abstract
Cross-cultural adaptation of an innovative approach to learning about difficult conversations in healthcare. Med Teach. 2011; 33(2):e57-64. View Abstract
Moral fictions and medical ethics. Bioethics. 2010 Nov; 24(9):453-60. View Abstract
Decapitation and the definition of death. J Med Ethics. 2010 Oct; 36(10):632-4. View Abstract
Counterpoint: are donors after circulatory death really dead, and does it matter? No and not really. Chest. 2010 Jul; 138(1):16-8; discussion 18-9. View Abstract
Brain perfusion scans to diagnose brain death: more than meets the eye. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Jul; 11(4):527-8. View Abstract
The dead donor rule: can it withstand critical scrutiny? J Med Philos. 2010 Jun; 35(3):299-312. View Abstract
Translating research on communication in the intensive care unit into effective educational strategies. Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar; 38(3):976-7. View Abstract
Organ donors after circulatory determination of death: not necessarily dead, and it does not necessarily matter. Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar; 38(3):1011-2. View Abstract
Is it always wrong to perform futile CPR? N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 11; 362(6):477-9. View Abstract
The conversation around CPR/DNR should not be revived--at least for now. Am J Bioeth. 2010 Jan; 10(1):84-5. View Abstract
Screening mammography and the "r" word. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 24; 361(26):2501-3. View Abstract
Counterpoint: The Texas advance directives act is ethically flawed: medical futility disputes must be resolved by a fair process. Chest. 2009 Oct; 136(4):968-971. View Abstract
The incoherence of determining death by neurological criteria: a commentary on "Controversies in the determination of death", a White Paper by the President's Council on Bioethics. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2009 Jun; 19(2):185-93. View Abstract
Difficult conversations: improving communication skills and relational abilities in health care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 May; 10(3):352-9. View Abstract
Anesthesiology trainees face ethical, practical, and relational challenges in obtaining informed consent. Anesthesiology. 2009 Mar; 110(3):480-6. View Abstract
Assessment of communication skills and self-appraisal in the simulated environment: feasibility of multirater feedback with gap analysis. Simul Healthc. 2009; 4(1):22-9. View Abstract
Anesthesiologist management of perioperative do-not-resuscitate orders: a simulation-based experiment. Simul Healthc. 2009; 4(2):70-6. View Abstract
Intercontinental differences in end-of-life attitudes in the pediatric intensive care unit: results of a worldwide survey. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Nov; 9(6):560-6. View Abstract
Rethinking the ethics of vital organ donations. Hastings Cent Rep. 2008 Nov-Dec; 38(6):38-46. View Abstract
Futility: the limits of mediation. Chest. 2008 Oct; 134(4):888-889. View Abstract
The dead donor rule and organ transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 14; 359(7):674-5. View Abstract
An apology for Socratic bioethics. Am J Bioeth. 2008 Jul; 8(7):3-7. View Abstract
Assumptions and blind spots in patient-centredness: action research between American and Italian health care professionals. Med Educ. 2008 Jul; 42(7):712-20. View Abstract
A continuum for using placebo interventions in regional anesthesia and analgesia studies. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Jul; 84(1):163-5. View Abstract
Not euthanasia, simply compassionate clinical care. Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr; 36(4):1387-8; author reply 1389. View Abstract
Consent for organ donation--balancing conflicting ethical obligations. N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 20; 358(12):1209-11. View Abstract
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American College [corrected] of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 2008 Mar; 36(3):953-63. View Abstract
Physicians and execution--highlights from a discussion of lethal injection. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 31; 358(5):448-51. View Abstract
End-of-life decision-making in the United States. Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl. 2008; 42:43-50. View Abstract
Futility: a concept in evolution. Chest. 2007 Dec; 132(6):1987-93. View Abstract
Ethical assessment of pediatric research protocols. Intensive Care Med. 2008 Jan; 34(1):198-202. View Abstract
Difficult conversations in health care: cultivating relational learning to address the hidden curriculum. Acad Med. 2007 Sep; 82(9):905-13. View Abstract
Tackling medical futility in Texas. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 05; 357(1):1-3. View Abstract
The controversy over artificial hydration and nutrition. Neurology. 2007 Jan 30; 68(5):391; author reply 392. View Abstract
Doing research on the ethics of doing research. Crit Care. 2007; 11(1):111; discussion 111. View Abstract
Brain death - too flawed to endure, too ingrained to abandon. J Law Med Ethics. 2007; 35(2):273-81. View Abstract
Reflections on love, fear, and specializing in the impossible. J Clin Ethics. 2007; 18(4):373-6. View Abstract
Toward interventions to improve end-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov; 34(11 Suppl):S373-9. View Abstract
Proposed quality measures for palliative care in the critically ill: a consensus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care Workgroup. Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov; 34(11 Suppl):S404-11. View Abstract
Futility--from hospital policies to state laws. Am J Bioeth. 2006 Sep-Oct; 6(5):19-21; discussion W30-2. View Abstract
Sudden traumatic death in children: "we did everything, but your child didn't survive". JAMA. 2006 Jun 14; 295(22):2646-54. View Abstract
Rationing in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2006 Apr; 34(4):958-63; quiz 971. View Abstract
Do differences in the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists positions on the ethics of maternal-fetal interventions reflect subtly divergent professional sensitivities to pregnant women and fetuses? Pediatrics. 2006 Apr; 117(4):1382-7. View Abstract
Appropriate use of artificial nutrition and hydration. N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 23; 354(12):1320-1; author reply 1320-1. View Abstract
Improving the quality of end-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit: parents' priorities and recommendations. Pediatrics. 2006 Mar; 117(3):649-57. View Abstract
When a village is not enough. J Clin Ethics. 2006; 17(1):79. View Abstract
The truth about "donation after cardiac death". J Clin Ethics. 2006; 17(2):133-6. View Abstract
Refusal of hydration and nutrition: irrelevance of the "artificial" vs "natural" distinction. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Dec 12-26; 165(22):2574-6. View Abstract
End-of-life care: is euthanasia the answer? Intensive Care Med. 2006 Jan; 32(1):6-8. View Abstract
Organ donation without brain death? Hastings Cent Rep. 2005 Nov-Dec; 35(6):3. View Abstract
New and lingering controversies in pediatric end-of-life care. Pediatrics. 2005 Oct; 116(4):872-83. View Abstract
International differences in end-of-life attitudes in the intensive care unit: results of a survey. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Sep 26; 165(17):1970-5. View Abstract
The ethics of organ donation by living donors. N Engl J Med. 2005 Aug 04; 353(5):444-6. View Abstract
Variability in end-of-life care--how much is too much? Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 May; 6(3):368-9. View Abstract
Increasing the participation of children in clinical research. Intensive Care Med. 2005 Jun; 31(6):760-1. View Abstract
Do-not-resuscitate orders in the surgical setting. Lancet. 2005 Feb 26-Mar 4; 365(9461):733-5. View Abstract
Are organs personal property or a societal resource? Am J Bioeth. 2005; 5(4):14-6. View Abstract
Soliciting organs on the Internet. Med Ethics (Burlingt Mass). 2005; 12(3):5-8. View Abstract
Practicing physicians and the role of family surrogate decision making. J Clin Ethics. 2005; 16(4):345-54. View Abstract
Informed consent: an end or a means? A response to Miller and Moreno. J Clin Ethics. 2005; 16(4):365-8; discussion 376-9. View Abstract
The ethical conduct of clinical research involving critically ill patients in the United States and Canada: principles and recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Dec 15; 170(12):1375-84. View Abstract
Will ethical requirements bring critical care research to a halt? Intensive Care Med. 2005 Mar; 31(3):338-44. View Abstract
Brain death: at once "well settled" and "persistently unresolved". Virtual Mentor. 2004 Aug 01; 6(8). View Abstract
Perioperative management of diabetes insipidus in children. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2004 Jul; 16(3):220-5. View Abstract
Perioperative management of diabetes insipidus in children [corrected]. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2004 Jan; 16(1):14-9. View Abstract
Decision making and satisfaction with care in the pediatric intensive care unit: findings from a controlled clinical trial. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2004 Jan; 5(1):40-7. View Abstract
Excerpts from the ethics consult report: MT. J Clin Ethics. 2004; 15(3):302-6. View Abstract
Role of brain death and the dead-donor rule in the ethics of organ transplantation. Crit Care Med. 2003 Sep; 31(9):2391-6. View Abstract
Nature of conflict in the care of pediatric intensive care patients with prolonged stay. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep; 112(3 Pt 1):553-8. View Abstract
Results of a clinical trial on care improvement for the critically ill. Crit Care Med. 2003 Aug; 31(8):2107-17. View Abstract
Conflict in the care of patients with prolonged stay in the ICU: types, sources, and predictors. Intensive Care Med. 2003 Sep; 29(9):1489-97. View Abstract
Attitudes and preferences of intensivists regarding the role of family interests in medical decision making for incompetent patients. Crit Care Med. 2003 Jul; 31(7):1895-900. View Abstract
Current controversies in critical care ethics: not just end of life. Crit Care Med. 2003 May; 31(5 Suppl):S343. View Abstract
Do-not-resuscitate order after 25 years. Crit Care Med. 2003 May; 31(5):1543-50. View Abstract
Revisiting "Doctor, if this were your child, what would you do?". J Clin Ethics. 2003 Spring-Summer; 14(1-2):63-7. View Abstract
Organ donation after cardiac death: what role for anesthesiologists? Anesthesiology. 2003 Mar; 98(3):599-600. View Abstract
Dying patients as research subjects. Hastings Cent Rep. 2003 Jan-Feb; 33(1):3. View Abstract
A bridge to nowhere. J Clin Ethics. 2003; 14(3):189. View Abstract
Respiratory support in spinal muscular atrophy type I: a survey of physician practices and attitudes. Pediatrics. 2002 Aug; 110(2 Pt 1):e24. View Abstract
Case reports from the Harvard Ethics Consortium. J Clin Ethics. 2002; 13(1):49-53. View Abstract
Parental perspectives on end-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2002 Jan; 30(1):226-31. View Abstract
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: The Ethics Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 2001 Dec; 29(12):2332-48. View Abstract
Discontinuing immunosuppression in a child with a renal transplant: are there limits to withdrawing life support? Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Oct; 38(4):901-15. View Abstract
The diagnosis of brain death. N Engl J Med. 2001 Aug 23; 345(8):617; author reply 617-8. View Abstract
'Round-table' ethical debate: is a suicide note an authoritative 'living will'? Crit Care. 2001; 5(3):115-24. View Abstract
End-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit: attitudes and practices of pediatric critical care physicians and nurses. Crit Care Med. 2001 Mar; 29(3):658-64. View Abstract
Do-not-resuscitate orders: from the ward to the operating room; from procedures to goals. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2001; 39(3):53-65. View Abstract
Practical guidelines on the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2001; 39(3):87-102. View Abstract
Debate: what constitutes 'terminality' and how does it relate to a living will? Crit Care. 2000; 4(6):333-8. View Abstract
Organ transplantation without brain death. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2000 Sep; 913:229-39. View Abstract
End-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit after the forgoing of life-sustaining treatment. Crit Care Med. 2000 Aug; 28(8):3060-6. View Abstract
Insertion of femoral-vein catheters for practice during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 04; 342(18):1369; author reply 1369-70. View Abstract
Pharmacologic paralysis and withdrawal of mechanical ventilation at the end of life. N Engl J Med. 2000 Feb 17; 342(7):508-11. View Abstract
Autopsy consent practice at US teaching hospitals: results of a national survey. Arch Intern Med. 2000 Feb 14; 160(3):374-80. View Abstract
Sedation for intractable distress of a dying patient: acute palliative care and the principle of double effect. Oncologist. 2000; 5(1):53-62. View Abstract
From the files of a pediatric ethics committee. J Clin Ethics. 2000; 11(2):112-20. View Abstract
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