Since its inception in the 1980s 'futility'has been a controversial concept. The history of this
concept, its definition and application to burns care are discussed from the perspective of a …

Introduction Due to the constant scientific and technological development, health
professionals are regularly confronted with situations in which there are always therapeutic …

Objectives: To present an analysis of “futility” that is useful in the clinical setting. Design:
Literature review. Material and methods: According to Medline more than 750 articles have …

The concept of medical futility has emerged as one of the dominant topics in the discussion
of appropriate end-of-life care. While many agree that health care professionals have no …

The thesis I want to set forth in this commentary is as follows: The term futility is in a parlous
state suffering from vagueness in definition, clinically unpleasant connotations, and intense …

Life saving or life sustaining treatment may not be instigated in the clinical setting when such
treatment is deemed to be futile and therefore not in the patient's best interests. The concept …

Futility has been a contentious topic in medicine for several decades. Surgery in critical or
end-of-life situations often raises difficult questions about futility. In this article, we discuss …

1. Are there medical interventions in a specific patient with a particular disease that we can
label futile or useless because we are sufficiently confident that they will not be beneficial …

Over the past 50 years, technical advances have taken place in medicine that have greatly
increased the possibilities of life-prolonging intervention. The increased possibilities of …

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