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Futile Medical Intervention
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Futile Medical Intervention
A medical intervention that does not lead to improvement in the patient’s prognosis, comfort, well-being, or general state of health
futile medical intervention
Futility care Terminal care A medical intervention that does not lead to improvement in the Pt's prognosis, comfort, well-being, or general state of health. See Medical futility, Terminal illness.
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However, advance directives are often not approached in patient care planning except in times of a critical illness or futile care.
End of life choices by Collins, Angela Smith / Online Journal of Rural Nursing & Health Care
The November issue of the High tower Lowdown, edited by Jim Hightower, reports that one state has a law called the Futile Care Law.
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Critical care nurses describe futile care leading to experiences of moral distress associated with emotional exhaustion and burnout.
Futility: interpretation and usefulness in clinical practice by Leuthner, Steven R. / Health Matrix
 
 
 
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