title: The problem of medically futile treatment: falling back on a preventive ethics approach.
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D030881:Disclosure; D026822:Ethicists; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D026706:Paternalism; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D028761:Withholding Treatment