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Indonesian Comparative Law Review, 2020 Medical futility has always been a huge blow to the medical world. While medical practitioners live to save others’ lives, some cases may not be as kind to their honorable intentions.
Syaheera Aina Baharudin
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Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023 Aim:The knowledge and understanding of medical futility and decisions about termination of resuscitation (TOR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are highly heterogeneous and dependent on the practice and beliefs of the attending emergency ...
Nur Aiza Mohamed Salleh +3 more
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Futile Medication in Palliative Cancer Patients; a Report from the Middle East [PDF]
Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2023 Background: Palliative cancer patients suffer from a condition which needs to take many medications for supportive care and comorbid illnesses management. Therefore, they are at risk of drug-rated problems, such as futile medications.
Hamed Mahzoni +2 more
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Autonomy versus futility? Barriers to good clinical practice in end-of-life care: a Queensland case [PDF]
, 2012 Findings from a Queensland coronial inquest highlight the complex clinical, ethical and legal issues that arise in end-of-life care when clinicians and family members disagree about a diagnosis of clinical futility.
Lawrence, Sean +5 more
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Experts' attitudes towards medical futility: an empirical survey from Japan
BMC Medical Ethics, 2006 Background The current debate about medical futility is mostly driven by theoretical and personal perspectives and there is a lack of empirical data to document experts and public attitudes towards medical futility.
Asai Atsushi +2 more
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Moving on From Bland: The Evolution of the Law and Minimally Conscious Patients [PDF]
, 2014 The decision in Bland centred on the withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from a patient in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Since then, a new medical condition has emerged, known as a minimally conscious state (MCS).
Heywood, Rob
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Problem uporczywej terapii w świetle filozofii człowieka
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2009 The problem of medical futility, which combines the issues of euthanasia, is one of the most difficult matter of medical ethics. The theraphy becomes futile when a patient is in an agonizing state and none of the extraordinary actions can restore the ...
Kazimierz Szałata
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Outcomes of critically ill patients according to the perception of intensivists on the appropriateness of intensive care unit admission [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2021 Background It is important for intensivists to determine which patient may benefit from intensive care unit (ICU) admission. We aimed to assess the outcomes of patients perceived as non-beneficially or beneficially admitted to the ICU and evaluate ...
Youjin Chang +5 more
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2012 Back ground Empirical surveys about medical futility are scarce relative to its theoretical assumptions. We aimed to evaluate the difference of attitudes between laypeople and physicians towards the issue.
Kadooka Yasuhiro +2 more
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When can Muslims withdraw or withhold life support? A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings
Global Bioethics, 2020 When it is ethically justifiable to stop medical treatment? For many Muslim patients, families, and clinicians this ethical question remains a challenging one as Islamic ethico-legal guidance on such matters remains scattered and difficult to interpret ...
Afshan Mohiuddin +3 more
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