Specific criteria for unilateral withdrawal of treatment have proved hard to define or defend.
However, it is ethical for doctors to decline to provide treatment that is medically …

This work aims to assess the performance of two post-arrest (out-of-hospital cardiac arrest,
OHCA, and cardiac arrest hospital prognosis, CAHP) and one pre-arrest (good outcome …

In this essay, I reflect on the intellectual influences that led to the genesis of the Social
Psychology of Organizing and assess the way forward. I stress that the Social Psychology …

The anticipated birth of an extremely low gestational age (< 25 weeks) infant presents many
difficult questions, and variations in practice continue to exist. Decisions regarding care of …

In early 2020, a number of countries developed and published intensive care triage
guidelines for the pandemic. Several of those guidelines, especially in the UK, encouraged …

A self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP) in neuroprognostication occurs when a patient in coma is
predicted to have a poor outcome, and life-sustaining treatment is withdrawn on the basis of …

Background: Predicting mortality from COVID-19 using information available when patients
present to the emergency department can inform goals-of-care decisions and assist with …

Despite advances in life-saving technology for critically ill neonates, challenges continue to
arise for infants delivered with extreme prematurity, congenital anomalies, and genetic …

Background Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (WOLST) is the leading proximate cause
of death in patients with perceived devastating brain injury (PDBI). There are reasons to …

Machine learning (ML) is increasingly being used to support high-stakes decisions, a trend
owed in part to its promise of superior predictive power relative to human assessment …