Class information for:
Level 1: MEDICAL FUTILITY//FUTILITY//PROYECTOS BIOET EDUC MED

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
21124 372 27.6 45%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
246 19417 PALLIATIVE CARE//END OF LIFE CARE//END OF LIFE

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MEDICAL FUTILITY Author keyword 5 21% 5% 20
2 FUTILITY Author keyword 4 15% 7% 26
3 PROYECTOS BIOET EDUC MED Address 2 67% 1% 2
4 WITHHOLDING AND WITHDRAWING TREATMENT Author keyword 2 67% 1% 2
5 PHYSICIAN AUTHORITY Author keyword 1 100% 1% 2
6 QUALITATIVE FUTILITY Author keyword 1 100% 1% 2
7 ASSISTANCE IN DYING Author keyword 1 50% 0% 1
8 DECENT MINIMUM Author keyword 1 50% 0% 1
9 GREEK ETHICS Author keyword 1 50% 0% 1
10 HBEREICH MED GESUNDHEITSETH Address 1 50% 0% 1

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MEDICAL FUTILITY 5 21% 5% 20 Search MEDICAL+FUTILITY Search MEDICAL+FUTILITY
2 FUTILITY 4 15% 7% 26 Search FUTILITY Search FUTILITY
3 WITHHOLDING AND WITHDRAWING TREATMENT 2 67% 1% 2 Search WITHHOLDING+AND+WITHDRAWING+TREATMENT Search WITHHOLDING+AND+WITHDRAWING+TREATMENT
4 PHYSICIAN AUTHORITY 1 100% 1% 2 Search PHYSICIAN+AUTHORITY Search PHYSICIAN+AUTHORITY
5 QUALITATIVE FUTILITY 1 100% 1% 2 Search QUALITATIVE+FUTILITY Search QUALITATIVE+FUTILITY
6 ASSISTANCE IN DYING 1 50% 0% 1 Search ASSISTANCE+IN+DYING Search ASSISTANCE+IN+DYING
7 DECENT MINIMUM 1 50% 0% 1 Search DECENT+MINIMUM Search DECENT+MINIMUM
8 GREEK ETHICS 1 50% 0% 1 Search GREEK+ETHICS Search GREEK+ETHICS
9 HEALTHCARE AGENTS 1 50% 0% 1 Search HEALTHCARE+AGENTS Search HEALTHCARE+AGENTS
10 KENNEDY LECTURE 1 50% 0% 1 Search KENNEDY+LECTURE Search KENNEDY+LECTURE

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MEDICAL FUTILITY 13 23% 13% 50
2 BRINGING CLARITY 2 67% 1% 2
3 PHYSICIANS OBLIGATION 2 67% 1% 2
4 PHYSICIANS REFUSAL 2 33% 1% 4
5 BABY K 1 31% 1% 4
6 WANGLIE HELGA 1 33% 1% 2
7 FUTILE 0 14% 1% 3
8 DECIDES 0 33% 0% 1
9 FUTILITY DEBATE 0 33% 0% 1
10 JUDICIAL INTERVENTION 0 33% 0% 1

Journals

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references		 % act. ref.
to same field
Do-not-resuscitate orders and medical futility 2003 25 18 39%
Medical futility: a commonly used and potentially abused idea in medical ethics 2011 0 11 91%
When physicians balk at futile care: Implications of the disability rights laws 1997 8 42 45%
Futility: a concept in routine surgery? 2010 0 6 50%
The Empirical Basis for Determinations of Medical Futility 2010 14 36 8%
Medical futility in the care of non-competent terminally ill patient: Nursing perspectives and responsibilities 2014 0 11 36%
Role of organization ethics in critical care medicine 2007 5 8 25%
Beyond medical futility: a proposed taxonomy of ultra vires acts in medicine 2006 0 11 45%
Medical futility and disability discrimination 1995 8 49 45%
NEW DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE POLICIES - A 1ST STEP IN COST CONTROL 1993 45 65 14%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ.
in class
1 PROYECTOS BIOET EDUC MED 2 67% 0.5% 2
2 HBEREICH MED GESUNDHEITSETH 1 50% 0.3% 1
3 PROGRAM ETH POLICY HEALTHCARE SYST 1 50% 0.3% 1
4 SAN LUIGI UNIV HOSP 1 50% 0.3% 1
5 MED ETH HUMANITIES 0 13% 0.8% 3
6 ANAESTHESIOL CRIT CARE EMERGENCY MED 0 33% 0.3% 1
7 AREA ATENC PRIMARIA 7 0 33% 0.3% 1
8 BIOETH MED ETH 0 33% 0.3% 1
9 E GAVARRA 0 33% 0.3% 1
10 HEALTHPARTNERS REG HOSP 0 33% 0.3% 1

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000212923 WITHDRAWING//FAMILY SATISFACTION//WITHHOLDING
2 0.0000206500 ADVANCE DIRECTIVES//ADVANCE CARE PLANNING//ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
3 0.0000127607 DANIELS//RESEARCH ON HUMAN SUBJECTS//NORMAN DANIELS
4 0.0000104072 EXTREME PREMATURITY//NEONATAL ETHICS//PERIVIABILITY
5 0.0000102264 PRIORITY SETTING//ACCOUNTABILITY FOR REASONABLENESS//RATIONING
6 0.0000101597 APPEALS SYSTEM//FERTILITY EFFECT//FOR PROFIT MEDICINE
7 0.0000093061 EUTHANASIA//PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE//PALLIATIVE SEDATION
8 0.0000090103 ETHICS CONSULTATION//CLINICAL ETHICS CONSULTATION//SOCIOLOGY OF BIOETHICS
9 0.0000087518 ZENTRUM MED RECHT//PALLIATIVE CARE TEAM//ABT ANASTHESIE RETTUNGSMED MERZTHER IE
10 0.0000080380 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION//HUMANITIES INTERNAL MED//LOCALIZED TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE