Archive for the ‘Sanctity of Life’ Category

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03.21.09-Medical Futility

March 21, 2009

On this weeks program, Dr. Dan examines the issue of medical futility, the concept of dealing with conflicts about treatment decisions, defining a very narrow window through which the clinician may unilaterally withhold or withdraw treatment deemed to be futile. Also, Dr. Edney offers perspective on the recent move by President Obama to lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.