Medically Futile Treatments

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Medical futility: definition, determination, and disputes in …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16159066/

Medical futility remains ethically controversial for several reasons. Some physicians summarily claim a treatment is futile without knowing the relevant outcome data. There is no unanimity regarding the statistical threshold for a treatment to be …

When Doctors and Patients Disagree About Medical Futility

https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/jop.0848503

Factors that may help physicians determine when additional treatment is medically futile, and what physicians can do to encourage patients to explore more …

Medical futility: A nurse's viewpoint - American Nurse

https://www.myamericannurse.com/medical-futility-a-nurses-viewpoint/

A medically futile treatment is commonly defined as one that: • won’t achieve the patient’s intended goal (if known) • serves no legitimate goal of medical …

Medical Futility | UW Department of Bioethics & Humanities

https://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/ethics-medicine/bioethics-topics/articles/medical-futility

Who decides when a particular treatment is futile? Generally the term medical futility applies when, based on medical data and professional experience, a treating health …

What is medical futility? : Nursing2020 Critical Care - LWW

https://journals.lww.com/nursingcriticalcare/Fulltext/2007/01000/What_is_medical_futility_.4.aspx

Consider the following three descriptions: “Futile treatment: Treatment evaluated by the healthcare team, family, or both, as being nonbeneficial or harmful to a... …

Withdrawing Medically Futile Treatment | JCO Oncology …

https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JOP.0948501

Medical professionals have no ethical obligation to provide futile treatments, and are ethically obligated to transition a patient to palliative care when other …

When is medical treatment futile? A guide for students

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15482559/

This paper elucidates the concept of "medical futility," demonstrates the application of futility to practical patient care decisions, and suggests means for physicians to negotiate …

When a Surrogate Decision-Maker Wants Medically …

https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/when-a-surrogate-decision-maker-wants-medically-futile-treatment/

In clinical settings, treatments or interventions such as CPR, intubation and dialysis can only be appropriately described as futile after a specific goal for that …

Medically Ineffective Interventions | ama-coe

https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/medically-ineffective-interventions

Physicians should only recommend and provide interventions that are medically appropriate—i.e., scientifically grounded—and that reflect the physician’s considered …

Medical Futility - Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin

https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/medical-futility/

Since physicians are not legally, professionally or ethically required to offer medically futile treatments, a defined policy can serve as a method to outline a clear process that …

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