title: Decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment: a moral algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D034723:Double Effect Principle; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004989:Ethics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006126:Group Processes; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D016224:Living Wills; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment