Transplant Recipients Seletion: Peacetime vs. Wartime Triage

It is a common assumption in ethics that everyone is due equal access to basic human goods. In our modern society, at least since the French Revolution, healthcare is counted along with food, shelter, and security as such a basic good. Anyone suffering from a treatable life-threatening disease can t...

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Authors: Rhodes, Rosamond (Author) ; Miller, Charles 1956- (Author) ; Schwartz, Myron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1992
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1992, Volume: 1, Issue: 4, Pages: 327-331
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Summary:It is a common assumption in ethics that everyone is due equal access to basic human goods. In our modern society, at least since the French Revolution, healthcare is counted along with food, shelter, and security as such a basic good. Anyone suffering from a treatable life-threatening disease can therefore, be seen as having a prima facie claim on medical treatment.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100006502