Futile medical treatment and patient consent.
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Abstract
What are a physician's ethical responsibilities when a patient or surrogate demands futile life-saving treatment? Recent attempts to define medical futility have implications for physician responsibility and may create exceptions to acquiring patient consent. Wording is proposed for a "futility clause" for use in do-not-resuscitate policies.