At the Edge of Viability: Moral and Ethical Guideline Proposals

The paper proposes moral and ethical guidelines for medical treatment at the edge of viability. The proposed principles are defended on the grounds of a general conceptual framework presented by elucidating the notions of viability, the edge of viability, person, sanctity of human life, dignity, and...

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Autor principal: Kasher, Asa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rambam Health Care Campus 2011
Materias:
Rambam Forum
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23908825
http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10067
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spelling pubmed-36788042013-08-01 At the Edge of Viability: Moral and Ethical Guideline Proposals Kasher, Asa Rambam Maimonides Med J Rambam Forum The paper proposes moral and ethical guidelines for medical treatment at the edge of viability. The proposed principles are defended on the grounds of a general conceptual framework presented by elucidating the notions of viability, the edge of viability, person, sanctity of human life, dignity, and the slope of dignity protection, as well as the distinction between ethics and morality. Rambam Health Care Campus 2011-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3678804/ /pubmed/23908825 http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10067 Text en Copyright: © 2011 Asa Kasher. This is an open-access article. All its content, except where otherwise noted, is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678804/
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