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Crit Care Nurse 1994 Nov; 15(6): 65-73
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Critical Care Nurse, Vol 15, Issue 6, 65-73
Copyright © 1994 by American Association of Critical Care Nurses

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Age-based limitation for ICU care: is it ethical?

J Baltz and JL Wilson

Only under utilitarian analysis can age-based limitation to ICU care be justified. In all other frameworks, age is only one consideration in the decision to admit or not admit. Because Americans are reluctant to give larger shares of money to healthcare when it means excluding other social needs, the utilitarian argument will continue to be debated.




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