Ocular Futility: How to Approach End-of-Sight Care
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Medical futility and end-of-life care.
Acceptance of the concept of medical futility facilitates a paradigm shift from curative to palliative medicine, accommodating a more humane approach and avoiding unnecessary suffering in the course of the dying process. This should not be looked upon as abandoning the patient but rather as providing the patient and family with an opportunity to come to terms with the dying process. It also doe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0161-6420
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.06.027