@inbook{c7795fa2f32d4d7382dbf48ce80f13f5,
title = "The Distinction between Ordinary and Extraordinary Treatment: Can It Be Maintained?",
abstract = "The distinction between ordinary and extraordinary treatment has a long history. Since it was first proposed and discussed in the medieval period, it has formed part of medical ethics, even as that discourse, and the landscape it comments on, has radically changed and developed. In this essay we briefly canvas the history of the debate on ordinary/extraordinary treatment and consider its relevance for professional medical practice in the present context.",
keywords = "Extraordinary, Futility, Medical ethics, Ordinary, Proportionality, Treatment",
author = "Kearns, {Alan J.} and Nathan Emmerich and Bert Gordijn",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-40033-0_14",
language = "English",
series = "Philosophy and Medicine",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
pages = "199--211",
booktitle = "Philosophy and Medicine",
address = "Germany",
}