Chapter 12 Taking drugs to help others

Some risky medical treatments confer no benefit on the patient who undergoes the intervention though they do benefit third parties. It is commonly thought to be unethical for doctors to provide such treatments even if the patient agrees to undergo them; doing so violates the requirement that medical...

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Main Author: Douglas, Tom (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
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