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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futile_medi...