Medical Definition of Medical futility

1. The absence of a useful purpose or useful result in a diagnostic procedure or therapeutic intervention. The situation of a patient whose condition will not be improved by treatment or instances in which treatment preserves permanent unconsciousness or cannot end dependence on intensive medical care. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medical Futility

medical diagnosis
medical diathermy
medical doctor
medical doctors
medical dressing
medical errors
medical ethics
medical evacuation
medical exam
medical examination
medical examiner
medical examiners
medical expense
medical extern
medical finger
medical futility (current term)
medical genetics
medical histories
medical history
medical illustration
medical indigency
medical informatics
medical informatics applications
medical informatics computing
medical institution
medical instrument
medical intern
medical isotope
medical isotopes
medical jurisprudence

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