Medical futility in the era of evidence-based medicine
Zhengyu Jiang
Lu Yang
Pinhao Guo
Shanshan Gong
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.
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论文发表日期：2014-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）