Futile treatment: Medical and Theological approach

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Published: Mar 23, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bioeth.26533
Keywords:
Futile treatment terminally ill patients medical ethics bioethics theology
Spiridon K Volteas
Consultant General Surgeon, Hippocrates Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Vasileios Fanaras
Assistant Professor in Bioethics, Faculty of Social Theology and the Study of Religion, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Ethics Expert, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4962-3180
Abstract
This is a medical and theological approach of Futile Treatment, an issue that raises severe medical and bioethical dilemmas. We discuss the difficulties in establishing objective criteria to discontinue treatment and present the theological views on the subject with emphasis to orthodox theology. This paper aims to contribute to the subject and also rise a debate in Greece.
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