Thứ Bảy, 19 tháng 4, 2014

10 Common Questions (and their Answers) on Medical Futility

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.


  1. What is the definition of medical futility?

  2. How do challenges in prognostication contribute to medical futility?

  3. What and who are the principal movers encouraging medical care that may be considered futile?

  4. What are the financial arguments that may encourage or discourage the provision of medically futile care?

  5. What are the core legal concerns that influence the provision of medically futile care?

  6. Does the definition of medical futility differ depending on the type of patient?

  7. Do the standards of appropriate vs. futile medical care change with time?

  8. How does one adjudicate OUTSIDE the legal system whether medical care is futile and whether such care should be continued or stopped?

  9. How does one adjudicate WITHIN the legal system whether medical care is futile and whether such care should be continued or stopped?

  10. How does one prevent medical futility?


  

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