Are withholding and withdrawing therapy always morally equivalent? A reply to Sulmasy and Sugarman

Journal of Medical Ethics 20 (4):223-224 (1994)
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This paper argues that Sulmasy and Sugarman have not succeeded in showing a moral difference between withholding and withdrawing treatment. In particular, they have misunderstood historical entitlement theory, which does not automatically prefer a first occupant by just acquisition

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