More than one in 10 patients being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) was at some point receiving what doctors deemed to be futile care, in a new study. In those cases, critical care doctors ...

More than 99% of veterinarians surveyed said they'd encountered useless or non-beneficial veterinary care in their careers, according to a new Cornell-led study that documents the prevalence of futile ...

Definitions matter. That point hit me hard as I read an article that wants doctors to be given the right to stop treatment from a man diagnosed to be in a persistent unconscious condition. From “When ...