title: [Ethical criteria of terminating treatment].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universität Dortmund.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnbacher
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Ethische Kriterien des Behandlungsabbruchs.