Dignity and death: a reply.
Some form of utilitarian approach can be discerned as underlying much current medical ethical decision-making. Criticisms of the practical effects of such an approach are not parried by asserting the fundamental strengths of utilitarianism as theory.
D000368:Aged; D003643:Death; D003657:Decision Making; D035081:Editorial Policies; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004989:Ethics; D005065:Euthanasia; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D040841:Resource Allocation; D026712:Value of Life