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...

premature babies or of mortality despite medical efforts lead to ethical debates over quality of life and futile medical care, but also about the sanctity of life...

considered futile care by the treating medical team. Although it is often said that the act is officially named the 'Futile Care Law' or the 'Futile Care Act'...

first state to have a law on the books that deals directly with futile medical care. Section 166.046, Subsection (e) of the law states physicians have...

understood in the medical community, he argued that the decision to continue futile care only resulted in the repetitive diversion of medical equipment. Keene's...

Ph.D., 1993). Futile medical care Robert Martensen, M.D., PH.D. Claudia Dreifus (January 19, 2009). "A Front-Row Seat as a Health Care System Goes Awry"...

an anthology Exit (Right-to-Die Organization) Final Exit (book) Futile medical care International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Jack...

by means of civil disobedience against the medical institutionalization of infanticide. Futile medical care Notes Paediatricians call for nationwide protocol...

people that further cure-oriented or life-extending treatment is futile medical care, and patients and families are frequently angry with the provider...

resuscitation or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is found to be futile. When presented with a patient, medical professionals are required to perform cardiopulmonary...

"Patients' Rights and End of Life Care" Act includes three main measures. First, it prohibits the continuation of futile medical treatments. Secondly, it empowers...

considered futile but brain death has not occurred. Classifying a patient as a NHBD can qualify someone to be subject to non-therapeutic intensive care, in which...

care professionals, and health care systems. It encompasses pre-hospital trauma assessment and care by emergency medical services personnel, emergency...

safe as provider-administered medical abortion, where a health care professional is present to help manage the medical abortion. Safely permitting women...

treatment was futile and might prolong suffering. They began discussions with the parents about ending life support and providing palliative care. Charlie's...

determines that efforts to restart a stopped heart during cardiac arrest are futile, or that no attempt should be made to restart a stopped heart, such as when...

concerning whether a hospital may unilaterally refuse care to a patient on the grounds that it is futile to prolong the person's life because there is little...

medical degree. In addition to having long been interested in studying medicine he has suffered from hypochondria most of his adult life and futilely...

be of no medical benefit by the medical staff. The related term show code refers to the practice of a medical response that is medically futile, but is...

overdiagnosis, overscreening, overtreatment and futile care. A clinical officer performs general and specialized medical duties such as diagnosis and treatment...

sought a ruling that dialysis and CPR for such a patient constitutes futile care. An American bioethicist, Jacob M. Appel, argued that any money spent...

culture, such as the Vulcan salute and the Borg phrase, "Resistance is futile." Star Trek aliens have been featured in Time magazine, which described...

a pulse. In those with cardiac arrest due to trauma, CPR is considered futile but still recommended. Correcting the underlying cause such as a tension...

In Florida, the feeding tube will keep Terri alive, so it is not medically futile in that treatment won't work at all." "Baby dies after hospital removes...

independent neurosurgeon, as approved by the NSW Medical Council. Teo was also investigated by the Health Care Complaints Commission. After a lengthy investigation...

from terminally ill patients when such treatment is considered to be both futile and inappropriate. This is sometimes referred to as "passive euthanasia"...

possible to make weapons with 3-D printers. No, that doesn't make gun control futile". Slate. Retrieved October 30, 2013. Franzen, Carl (October 21, 2014). "3D-printed...

refused in an advance directive does not have to be proved to be "medically futile" under some existing due-process procedure developed under state laws...

helped by culturing of the vagina or blood. In those who do not improve, medical imaging may be required. Other causes of fever following delivery include...

measures to constitute life support, while her doctors considered this to be futile treatment of a deceased person. In October 2014, the McMath family attorney...