Medical Futility: Choosing the Next Intervention

Richard Kelley Myers, MD; Alva Weir, MD

Disclosures

South Med J. 2022;115(2):136-138. 

In This Article

Abstract and Introduction

Abstract

Medical futility is not a new problem. Most of our patients will someday face the overwhelming probability that their time to die is near. The question for us and our patients is whether we should move forward with an additional intervention when we doubt its success.

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