A 65-year-old patient with a history of metastatic lung carcinoma has been unresponsive to chemotherapy
The medical team has determined that there are no additional treatments available that will prolong life or improve the quality of life in any meaningful way. Despite the poor prognosis, the patient continues to receive chemotherapy and full nutrition support. This is an example of what end-of-life concept? a. Medical futility
b. Palliative care
c. Terminal weaning
d. Withdrawal of treatment
A
Medical futility is a situation in which therapy or interventions will not provide a foreseeable possibility of improvement in the patient's health status. Palliative care focuses on symptom relief and is not limited to the dying. Terminal weaning refers to withdrawal of artificial ventilation interventions. Withdrawal of treatment refers to removal of established therapies in a terminally ill patient.
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