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Fatwa Berkenaan Dengan Hukum Menghentikan Rawatan Yang Tidak Lagi Memberi Kesan Kepada Pesakit Setelah Didiagnosis Sebagai Rawatan Yang Sia-Sia (Medical Futility)
Is it permissible to stop treatment that no longer benefits a patient once it has been diagnosed as medically futile?
Short answer
Stopping treatment that no longer has any effect on the patient is permissible once at least two qualified medical specialists have diagnosed it as futile.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Status
- Gazetted
- Series
- Keputusan Fatwa Wilayah Persekutuan (e-Fatwa)
- Topic
- Medicine & Health
Gazette evidence in the source: P.U. (B) 665
WARTA KERAJAAN PERSEKUTUAN
Summary
Stopping treatment that no longer has any effect on the patient is permissible once at least two qualified medical specialists have diagnosed it as futile. The ruling applies in three situations: the main treatment does not cure and may cause neglect of other patients who need care more and have a chance of recovery, main or emergency treatment in a case almost certain to be futile, such as a coma from cardiac arrest where no CPR was given at the scene, or clear signs that no treatment offers a critically ill patient any chance of recovery.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Hukum menghentikan rawatan yang tidak lagi memberi kesan kepada pesakit setelah didiagnosis sebagai rawatan yang sia-sia (Medical Futility) oleh sekurang-kurangnya dua orang pakar perubatan yang berkelayakan adalah harus dalam hal keadaan yang berikut:
Read the full fatwa on the Federal Territories website (new tab)
How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “Fatwa Berkenaan Dengan Hukum Menghentikan Rawatan Yang Tidak Lagi Memberi Kesan Kepada Pesakit Setelah Didiagnosis Sebagai Rawatan Yang Sia-Sia (Medical Futility)”, date not stated. https://efatwa.muftiwp.gov.my/fatwa/PUB665%20WARTA%202020%20-%20FATWA%20BERKENAAN%20DENGAN%20HUKUM%20MENGHENTIKAN%20RAWATAN%20YANG%20TIDAK%20LAGI%20MEMBERI%20KESAN%20KEPADA%20PESAKIT%20SETELAH%20DIDIAGNOSIS%20SEBAGAI%20RAWATAN%20YANG%20SIA-SIA%20%28MEDICAL%20FUTILITY%29. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-stopping-futile-treatment-medical-futility/