title: Determining what is best for patients.
authors.affiliation: Caroline Chisholm Centre of Health Ethics, East Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics; D018447:Medical Futility; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000941:ethics*; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000941:ethics; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*