What is "futile" care?   A treatment that is believed to have little or no benefit. A treatment that normally would have cured a patient, but for some reason did not in this case. Any treatment a physician does not want to perform.

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What is "futile" care?
 
A treatment that is believed to have little or no benefit.
A treatment that normally would have cured a patient, but for some reason did not in this case.
Any treatment a physician does not want to perform.
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