Are Alcoholics Less Deserving of Liver Transplants?

When does behavior trigger a lesser claim to medical resources? When does chronic drinking, for example, mean that one has a lesser claim to a liver transplant? Only when one's behavior becomes a callous indifference to others' needs—when one knows the consequences of heavy drinking and kn...

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Main Author: Brudney, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2007, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-47
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