I support Jecker and Pagon’s side. Futility and inhumanity have medical and moral meanings and can be useful in deciding whether to continue or withdraw medical intervention. The main goal of a physician is to make sure that their patient benefits from the treatment. Such as in the case they described of Michael, the infant born with prune belly syndrome, the child was not born to live a full and healthy life right from the start. The doctors tried their best in the short three months of his life, but it was next to impossible to remain hopeful of fixing him. Continuing to put him on a respirator even though he was going to die soon is not benefiting the patient. There always comes a point in the medical field when a physician has to say "Sorry,
