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Asymmetrical reasons, newborn infants, and resource allocation

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In his target article “Saving or Creating - Which are we doing when we resuscitate extremely preterm infants?”, Travis Rieder argues that asymmetrical reasons would justify withholding resuscitation from some Extremely Preterm Infants(EPIs) when this would not be justified in older children.(Rieder 2017)
Our commentary focuses on two issues raised by the target article. First, we critically analyze the normative basis of The Asymmetry and when it should apply to decisions. Second, we lo...

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Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1080/15265161.2017.1341000

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Merton College
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Funding agency for:
Wilkinson, D
Grant:
WT106587/Z/14/Z
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
Journal:
American Journal of Bioethics Journal website
Volume:
17
Issue:
8
Pages:
13-15
Publication date:
2017-08-02
Acceptance date:
2017-05-22
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EISSN:
1536-0075
ISSN:
1526-5161
Pubs id:
pubs:696720
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uuid:3c0c9306-0506-4a32-b9fa-de2a7e88b254
Local pid:
pubs:696720
Deposit date:
2017-05-23

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