RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intended goals and appropriate treatment: an alternative to the ordinary/extraordinary distinction.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 128
OP 130
DO 10.1136/jme.10.3.128
VO 10
IS 3
A1 C Meyers
YR 1984
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/128.abstract
AB 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.