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Who lives? who dies? : ethical criteria in patient selection / John F. Kilner
Livre
Edited by Yale University Press - 1990
Part I. The predicament : 1. Limited resources. 2. Plentiful approaches. Part II. Social criteria : 3. Social value. 4. Favored group. 5. Resources required. 6. Special responsibilities. Part III. Sociomedical criteria : 7. Age. 8. Psychological ability. 9. Supportive environment. Part IV. Medical criteria : 10. Medical benefit. 11. Imminent death. 12. Likelihood of benefit. 13. Length of benefit. 14. Quality of benefit. Part V. Personal criteria : 15. Willingness. 16. Ability to pay. 17. Random selection. Part VI. An overall assessment : 18. When resources are experimental. 19. A proposal.