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What is Life Sustaining Treatment?
Advances in medical technology have often created medical dilemmas. For example, health care providers may be able to successfully treat a sudden complication in a seriously ill person, but restoring function and improving the underlying disease may be impossible. In such a situation, treatment that only prolongs life may be appropriately withheld. In fact, the doctor may refuse treatment under a variety of situations:- there is no specific medical rationale for the treatment
- the treatment has proved ineffective for the person
- the person is unconscious and will likely die in a matter of hours or days even if the treatment is given
- the expected survival is virtually zero
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