the provider. Although a futility policy will not insulate the physician from litigation, it should enable him or her a strong defense in a medical malpractice claim.A  An organization with a futility policy requires a consensus among its physicians that a proposed treatment will not be beneficial to the patient. In any legal proceedings, such a consensus should be evidence that the standard of care was not breached. This paper has tried to provide the reader a better understanding of medical futility and comfort care, who should be involved, treatment options and what organizations are offering patients today with no hope of cure. The foregoing of medical treatment based should in no way compromise any treatments in question. Also, foregoing medically futile treatment never should imply or represent abandonment of the patient, rather ensure dignity, symptom management and honoring what the patient values (Tan, Chun & Kim, 2003).