Treating the Patient to Benefit Others

‘Treatment’ from which the patient cannot benefit is sometimes administered to a patient so that the comfort of the patient's family or caregivers may be increased. Is this permissible? To answer that question we will explore the interests of the permanently unconscious patient and the potentia...

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Authors: Klepper, Howard (Author) ; Truog, Robert D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1997
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 306-313
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