Four Mayo Clinic physicians have just published a high level overview of medical, ethical, legal, financial, and policy issues relating to medical futility. Here are the 10 questions. Read the article for the answers.
- What is the definition of medical futility?
- How do challenges in prognostication contribute to medical futility?
- What and who are the principal movers encouraging medical care that may be considered futile?
- What are the financial arguments that may encourage or discourage the provision of medically futile care?
- What are the core legal concerns that influence the provision of medically futile care?
- Does the definition of medical futility differ depending on the type of patient?
- Do the standards of appropriate vs. futile medical care change with time?
- How does one adjudicate OUTSIDE the legal system whether medical care is futile and whether such care should be continued or stopped?
- How does one adjudicate WITHIN the legal system whether medical care is futile and whether such care should be continued or stopped?
- How does one prevent medical futility?
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