PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John Harris
TI  - Are withholding and withdrawing therapy always morally equivalent? A reply to Sulmasy and Sugarman.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.20.4.223
DP  - 1994 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 223--224
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/20/4/223.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/20/4/223.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1994 Dec 01; 20
AB  - 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.