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logodaedalus commented on the word futile care
Futile Care refers to costly but essentially useless medical care by hospitals and doctors - often for the elderly in the last few days of a patient's life under the guise they're following the Hippocratic Oath. In reality, it's done to CYA and protect themselves from overly litigious relatives. End result, the patient still dies while health insurance rates soar. Oppressive religious zealots often demand Futile Care - and the pain and anguish that accompanies it - be imposed not just on their own relatives, but on unrelated and very unwilling patients who do not cleave to zealots' specious, callous customs.
July 3, 2011