1.
J Genet Couns
; 1(1): 19-30, 1992 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11651279
Subject(s)
Attitude , Genetic Counseling , Health Personnel , Abortion, Eugenic , Altruism , Beneficence , Confidentiality , Consensus , Data Collection , Decision Making , Disclosure , Employment , Ethics, Professional , Family , Female , Fetal Tissue Transplantation , Freedom , Genetic Diseases, Inborn , Genetic Testing , Genetic Therapy , Goals , Humans , Huntington Disease , Insurance , Medicine , Men , Paternalism , Personal Autonomy , Physicians , Prenatal Diagnosis , Professional Competence , Reproductive Techniques, Assisted , Sex Determination Analysis , Specialization , Truth Disclosure , United States , Women
2.
Hypatia
; 4(2): 169-78, 1989.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11650328
Subject(s)
Aged , Delivery of Health Care , Economics , Health Care Rationing , Patient Selection , Prejudice , Resource Allocation , Women , Age Factors , Attitude to Death , Female , Goals , Humans , Life Support Care , Moral Obligations , Patient Care , Public Policy , Quality of Life , Social Desirability , Social Responsibility , Socioeconomic Factors , Value of Life
3.
Soc Sci Med F
; 15F(4): 151-6, 1981 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11649361
ABSTRACT
KIE: Two basic presuppositions of triage are challenged: the utilitarian notion that it is morally preferable to save the greater number, and the extension of the salvageability concept as a model for macroallocation of scarce medical resources. The 'more is better' principle lacks the status of a universal moral obligation and leads to an impersonal view of the valuing of life. In the allocation of scarce resources, triage is suspect since life-saving decisions involve medical, social, economic, and political criteria. Triage thus perpetuates existing injustices.^ieng
