TY - JOUR T1 - Intended goals and appropriate treatment: an alternative to the ordinary/extraordinary distinction. JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 128 LP - 130 DO - 10.1136/jme.10.3.128 VL - 10 IS - 3 AU - C Meyers Y1 - 1984/09/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/128.abstract N2 - 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. ER -