Medical Futility in Cancer Care: Distinct Challenges and Action Strategies
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Defining Medical Futility and Improving Medical Care
It probably should not be surprising, in this time of soaring medical costs and proliferating technology, that an intense debate has arisen over the concept of medical futility. Should doctors be doing all the things they are doing? In particular, should they be attempting treatments that have little likelihood of achieving the goals of medicine? What are the goals of medicine? Can we agree whe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2155-9627
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9627.1000269