Rush University Medical Center.
Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2020 Feb 1;24(1):111. doi: 10.1188/20.CJON.111.
Futility in medicine has been defined as excessive medical intervention with very little prospect of altering the clinical outcome in a positive manner. If treatments fail to release our patients from the preoccupation with the illness and do not allow them to pursue their life goals, then perhaps that treatment is futile.
医学上的无效性被定义为过度的医疗干预，而改变临床结果的可能性非常小。如果治疗不能使患者摆脱对疾病的困扰，不能让他们追求自己的生活目标，那么这种治疗可能就是无效的。
