@article {Meyers128, author = {C Meyers}, title = {Intended goals and appropriate treatment: an alternative to the ordinary/extraordinary distinction.}, volume = {10}, number = {3}, pages = {128--130}, year = {1984}, doi = {10.1136/jme.10.3.128}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {This article argues that the ordinary/extraordinary distinction has little or no moral value when preservation of life is not given a near absolute status. What is appealed to instead is a determination of both medical and moral duties, upon which appropriate treatment decisions should be based. Included is a partial delineation of those duties.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/128}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/128.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }