Commentary
This tragic case raises two important ethical issues. One is the obvious problem of just allocation of scarce transplant organs. The other is the less obvious problem of the healthcare team's feelings of commitment to their patient. Together they present an unusual conflict for bioethics.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1999
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 378-380 |
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| Summary: | This tragic case raises two important ethical issues. One is the obvious problem of just allocation of scarce transplant organs. The other is the less obvious problem of the healthcare team's feelings of commitment to their patient. Together they present an unusual conflict for bioethics. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180199253157 |