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Applying futility in psychiatry: a concept whose time has come

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  • Sarah Levitt Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel Z Buchman Department of Bioethics, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Krembil Research Institute, Unviersity Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sarah Levitt, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M6G 1A5, Canada; sarah.levitt{at}uhn.ca
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Levitt S, Buchman DZ
Applying futility in psychiatry: a concept whose time has come
Journal of Medical Ethics 2021;47:e60.

Publication history

  • Received June 30, 2020
  • Revised September 20, 2020
  • Accepted November 15, 2020
  • First published December 22, 2020.
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January 07, 2022

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