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A patient is admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) but after a time derives no significant medical benefit from remaining there. The patient’s attending physicians begin establishing a plan for transfer (to another section of the hospital, to a skilled nursing establishment, or to a rehabilitation center or other facility). Members of the patient’s family refuse to allow the transfer, threatening legal action if the patient is moved from the ICU. A legal nightmare is about to engulf the hospital and the health care professionals—or maybe not.
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Ross, G. (2013). Medical Judgment Versus Capitulation. In: Crippen, D. (eds) ICU Resource Allocation in the New Millennium. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3866-3_35
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