title: From heroic treatment to futile therapy: end-of-life ethics for the coming millennium.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco 94143-0136, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Thaler
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011639:Public Opinion; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States