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medical futility: a standalone construct

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medicalfutility1 CONSTRUCTMedical futilitySCHNEIDERMAN · BIOETHICS

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Bioethics

treatment that has very little chance of benefiting the patient, judged quantitatively or qualitatively, which physicians are not obliged to provide.

In bioethics, medical futility refers to treatment that has very little chance of benefiting the patient, judged quantitatively or qualitatively, which physicians are not obliged to provide. This meaning comes from Schneiderman (1990) in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

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  1. Schneiderman, L. J., Jecker, N. S., & Jonsen, A. R. (1990). Medical Futility: Its Meaning and Ethical Implications. Annals of Internal Medicine, 112(12), 949-954. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-112-12-949

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