title: Necessity, futility, and the good society.
authors.affiliation: Hastings Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Callahan
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007600:Judgment; D028701:Patient Rights; D018579:Patient Selection; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011379:Prognosis; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012935:Social Justice; D012945:Social Values; D013557:Switzerland; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment