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Hui, E. (1999). A Confucian Ethic of Medical Futility. In: Fan, R. (eds) Confucian Bioethics. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46867-0_6
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