The theoretical and practical arguments against the unilateral withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment during crisis standards of care: Does the Knobe effect apply to unilateral withdrawal?

Some argue that it is ethically justifiable to unilaterally withdraw life-sustaining treatment during crisis standards of care without the patient's consent in order to reallocate it to another patient with a better chance of survival. This justification has been supported by two lines of argum...

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Authors: Maldonado, Fabien (Author) ; Gill, Michael B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: Bioethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 9, Pages: 964-969
IxTheo Classification:NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment
B Knobe Effect
B crisis standards of care
B rule of double effect
B equivalence thesis
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