Medical futility in the era of evidence-based medicine

• 来源期刊: 生物医学研究杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（4）
• 页码范围: 249-250
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.7555/JBR.28.20140067

摘要

One definition of futility is any treatment that merely preserves permanent unconsciousness or fails to end total dependence of a patient on intensive medical care[1].However,no agreement has ever been reached on what the exact definition of futility is,as it is not only based on temporary values but also evolves into different subtypes,making it harder to define[2].The difficulty in dealing with futility problem is how doctors evaluate the futile situation,which is further complicated by lack of standards for specific diseases and experience-based prognosis,leading to subjectivity in evaluation for futility.