Medical Futility

In conclusion, we have argued that (1) judgments of quantitative properly rest with physicians, and (2) judgments of qualitative sometimes rest with physicians and sometimes with patients or their. In both quantitative and qualitative futility judgments, futility should reflect broad professional and community standards. The before us is to hear the perspectives of both physicians and patients, to fashion standards by which both can abide. Such an approach makes it likely that futility standards will reflect the consent of the various who are subject to them.