Medical benefit and the human lottery : an egalitarian approach to patient selection /

Bioethicists, moral philosophers and social policy analysts have long debated about how we should decide who shall be saved with scarce, lifesaving resources when not all can be saved. It is often claimed that it is fairer to save younger persons and that age is an ethically relevant consideration i...

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Main Author:	Waring, Duff William Ramus, 1955-
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; Norwell, Mass. : Springer, 2004.
Series:	International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 22.
Subjects:	Medical ethics. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book