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. 1984 Sep;10(3):128–130. doi: 10.1136/jme.10.3.128

Intended goals and appropriate treatment: an alternative to the ordinary/extraordinary distinction.

PMCID: PMC1374978 PMID: 6502637

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.

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Selected References

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