Travis Carpenter
Biographic Data
| ID | 9596905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Travis Carpenter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Travis |
| FAMILY NAME | Carpenter |
| SIGNATURE | CARPENTER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Internal Medicine, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0916-2714 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Meaningful futility
‘Futility’ is a contentious term that has eluded clear definition, with proposed descriptions either too strict or too vague to encompass the many facets of medical care. Requests for futile care are often surrogates for requests of a more existential character, covering the whole range of personal, emotional, cultural and spiritual needs. Physicians and other practitioners can use requests for futile care as a valuable opportunity to connect wit…
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Meaningful futility
‘Futility’ is a contentious term that has eluded clear definition, with proposed descriptions either too strict or too vague to encompass the many facets of medical care. Requests for futile care are often surrogates for requests of a more existential character, covering the whole range of personal, emotional, cultural and spiritual needs. Physicians and other practitioners can use requests for futile care as a valuable opportunity to connect wit…
Computer Science (1 work) · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (1 work) · Ethics in medical practice (1 work) · Existentialism (1 work) · Internet privacy (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (1 work) · Political science (1 work) · Psychology (1 work)