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dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17T10:08:18Z
dc.date.available2021-06-17T10:08:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49609
dc.description.abstractSome 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 professionals provide only treatments that are in the best interests of the patient. I present a case for revising this requirement so as to allow individuals to undergo risky medical treatments for the benefit of others.
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDC Medical ethics and professional conducten_US
dc.subject.othermedical ethics; drugsen_US
dc.titleChapter 12 Taking drugs to help othersen_US
dc.typechapter
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oapen.collectionWellcomeen_US
oapen.pages2en_US
oapen.place.publicationOxforden_US


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