Decisions About Medical Treatment Based on Qualitative Futility Are Value-Laden

question 8

Multiple Choice

Decisions about medical treatment based on qualitative futility are value-laden. What does this mean?

• A) That health care providers take them into account in their own assessment of a patient's quality of life
• B) That health care providers take them into account in the patient's own assessment of quality of life
• C) That health care providers take them into account in their own expert knowledge of treatment outcomes
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

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