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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Authors: Sørensen, Marc 1973- (Author) ; Andersen, Lars Willy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: 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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