Back رعاية عقيمة Arabic Atención médica inútil Spanish Lootusetu ravi Estonian Acharnement thérapeutique French Uzaludna medicinska skrb Croatian Accanimento terapeutico Italian 無益な医療 Japanese Uporczywa terapia Polish Uzaludna medicinska skrb Serbo-Croatian 無效醫療 Chinese
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Futile medical care is the continued provision of medical care or treatment to a patient when there is no reasonable hope of a cure or benefit.
Some proponents of evidence-based medicine suggest discontinuing the use of any treatment that has not been shown to provide a measurable benefit. Futile care discontinuation is distinct from euthanasia because euthanasia involves active intervention to end life, while withholding futile medical care does not encourage or hasten the natural onset of death.[1]
- ^ Cassidy, Barry; Blessing, Dennis (August 23, 2007). Ethics and Professionalism: A Guide for the Physician Assistant. F.A. Davis Company. p. 155. ISBN 978-0803613386.