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DeckerMed Critical Care of the Surgical Patient, 2018
Since its infancy in the 1980s, the concept of medical futility has represented the challenge between increasing technological advancements in medicine and how to approach their limits. Given the nature of the debate, this is likely to continue to be the case; however, in recent years, the concept of medical futility has softened as many have realized ...
Stephanie Harman, Jacob A Blythe
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Since its infancy in the 1980s, the concept of medical futility has represented the challenge between increasing technological advancements in medicine and how to approach their limits. Given the nature of the debate, this is likely to continue to be the case; however, in recent years, the concept of medical futility has softened as many have realized ...
Stephanie Harman, Jacob A Blythe
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Critical Care Clinics, 1996
Recent discussions about futility have been useful in elucidating health professionals' responsibility to communicate, to establish trust, and to collaborate with patients and families about end-of-life decisions. They have highlighted the often impersonal and fragmented care that patients receive in today's large medical centers.
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Recent discussions about futility have been useful in elucidating health professionals' responsibility to communicate, to establish trust, and to collaborate with patients and families about end-of-life decisions. They have highlighted the often impersonal and fragmented care that patients receive in today's large medical centers.
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Medical Futility in Pediatric Care
The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 2019The transition from the paternalistic paradigm of the Hippocratic tradition to the present model of shared decision making has altered the patient–doctor relationship.
F. Vizcarrondo
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Medical Futility in Concept, Culture, and Practice
Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2018This article elucidates the premises and limited meaning of medical futility in order to formulate an ethically meaningful definition of the term, that is, a medical intervention’s inability to deliver the benefit for which it is designed.
Grattan T. Brown
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Journal of Medical Ethics, 2018
British courts have adjudicated dozens of medical futility disputes over the past 10 years. Many of these cases have involved pediatric patients. All these judgements are publicly available in searchable legal reporters.
T. Pope
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British courts have adjudicated dozens of medical futility disputes over the past 10 years. Many of these cases have involved pediatric patients. All these judgements are publicly available in searchable legal reporters.
T. Pope
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Archives of Internal Medicine, 1993
In their discussion of quality-of-life decisions, 1 Jecker and Pearlman assume that there can be a "broad community consensus" regarding a minimal threshold below which quality of life is so poor that life is not worth prolonging. This assumption is dangerous not only to the individual who is at this threshold and whose life is at stake, but also to ...
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In their discussion of quality-of-life decisions, 1 Jecker and Pearlman assume that there can be a "broad community consensus" regarding a minimal threshold below which quality of life is so poor that life is not worth prolonging. This assumption is dangerous not only to the individual who is at this threshold and whose life is at stake, but also to ...
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International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2002
AbstractIt is difficult to define medical futility prospectively and objectively. Nonetheless, as technology continues to advance and use more resources, it is important that physicians and their institutions develop a process for dealing with conflict surrounding the construct of medical futility.Prospective policies on medical futility are preferable
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AbstractIt is difficult to define medical futility prospectively and objectively. Nonetheless, as technology continues to advance and use more resources, it is important that physicians and their institutions develop a process for dealing with conflict surrounding the construct of medical futility.Prospective policies on medical futility are preferable
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The Texas Medical Board and the Futility of Medical Exceptions to Abortion Bans.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)This Viewpoint describes the failure of yet another state institution to generate meaningful guidance about medical exceptions to abortion bans.
Elizabeth W Sepper +2 more
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Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2012
Religious faith and medicine combine harmoniously in Buddhist views, each in its own way helping Buddhists enjoy a more fruitful existence. Health care providers need to understand the spiritual needs of patients in order to provide better care, especially for the terminally ill.
Chan, T.W., DESLEY GAIL HEGNEY
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Religious faith and medicine combine harmoniously in Buddhist views, each in its own way helping Buddhists enjoy a more fruitful existence. Health care providers need to understand the spiritual needs of patients in order to provide better care, especially for the terminally ill.
Chan, T.W., DESLEY GAIL HEGNEY
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Medical Futility: A Contemporary Review
Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2016As medical technology has advanced, the question of medical futility has become a topic of intense debate both within the medical community and within society as a whole.
E. Coonan
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