TREATMENT LIMITATION DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY: THE VALUE OF SUBSEQUENT EUTHANASIA

This paper examines how decisions to limit treatment to critically ill patients under uncertainty can be made rationally. Expected utility theory offers one way of making rational decisions under uncertainty. One problem with using this approach is that we may not know the value of each option. One...

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Main Author: Savulescu, Julian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1994
In: Bioethics
Year: 1994, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-73
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