Reconsidering the distinction of ordinary and extraordinary treatment: should we go "back to the future"?
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Saint John's Hospital & Health Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA.
D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008020:Life Support Care; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010332:Paternal Behavior; D026706:Paternalism; D010358:Patient Participation; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment