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Both are embarked on undistinguished, if not utterly futile, careers in Congress.
Its advocates must grapple with the ugly facts of racial segregation in the United States; of the latter's hardheaded if spasmodic support of its allies' futile efforts to cling to their colonial empires; and of the West's readiness to support loathsome regimes in the name of the greater cause.
At an event in Iowa this year, there were five crews from CBS alone, including a crew for 60 Minutes , one for a special the network was doing, one for Sunday Morning , another for the news that night, and one for the "pool"--the take-turns-and-share system sometimes imposed on the press in a futile attempt to cut down on this sort of insanity.
But resistance is largely futile.
McCue, in a 1995 JAMA article, describes medicine as a "culture of action" - it is better to do something (more tests, another medication) than to do nothing, even if the action is known to have no benefit [ 18 ] . In one study, almost half (47%) of physicians and nurses surveyed reported acting contrary to conscience in providing care to the terminally ill, with four times as many providing overly burdensome treatment than undertreatment [ 19 ] . The propensity to refer to "everything", even in cases with specific known goals, might inadvertently promote futile attempts to prolong life and deflect attention away from patients' pain and suffering.