Accepting the avoidable death: The philosophy of limiting intensive care
Limiting intensive care is paid increasing attention. In the echoing call for physicians’ ethical self-restriction, it is easily overlooked, however, that ethics needs a critical epistemological analysis before it can suffice as an emergency brake to futile treatment. This analysis is provided by th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Bioethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 201-206 |
IxTheo Classification: | NCH Medical ethics VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Decision Making
B Futility B philosophical ethics B prolongation of life and euthanasia B philosophy of medicine |
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