[Ethical criteria of terminating treatment].
There is a good deal of agreement among ethicists about the general criteria for the termination of medical treatment, but also a good deal of disagreement about their application in concrete cases. The contribution discusses the criteria most frequently proposed--futility of treatment, doing more harm than good, rejection by the patient, distributional inefficiency--and examines their reasons, problems, and limits of application.
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Universität Dortmund.
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011788:Quality of Life
Ethische Kriterien des Behandlungsabbruchs.