A broader look at medical futility.
Theor Med Bioeth
; 19(4): 383-400, 1998 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-9865141
ABSTRACT
This paper attempts to provide a descriptive theoretical overview of the medical futility debate. I will first argue that quantitative data cannot alone resolve the medical futility debate. I will then examine two aspects of medical futility, which I call the prospective and immediate, respectively. The first involves making prospective factual and value judgments about the efficacy of proposed medical interventions, while the latter involves making value judgments about ongoing medical conditions where the clinical data are clear. At stake is the nature and scope of individual rights. Thus, I maintain there is an undeveloped aspect to the medical futility debate and, briefly, analyze two political perspectives which give rise to different understandings of medical futility. The view that I will defend is that only a system with defined collective goals can accommodate a normative concept of medical futility. These larger questions are the value options which if unaddressed, may be settled by default of economic grounds.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
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Equidade_desigualdade
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Financiamentos_gastos
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Justiça Social
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Valores Sociais
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Atitude Frente a Saúde
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Ordens quanto à Conduta (Ética Médica)
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Futilidade Médica
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Suspensão de Tratamento
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Dissidências e Disputas
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Processos Grupais
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Julgamento
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Ethics
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Theor Med Bioeth
Assunto da revista:
ETICA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos