What exactly is a "futile medical treatment?"?!

Question: It's where treatment is not going to help the patient, just prolonging life for the sake of it and probably making them very uncomfortable in the process. It's usually a term reserved for terminally ill patients.

Answers: It's where treatment is not going to help the patient, just prolonging life for the sake of it and probably making them very uncomfortable in the process. It's usually a term reserved for terminally ill patients.

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What exactly is a "futile medical treatment?"?!

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