RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Are withholding and withdrawing therapy always morally equivalent? A reply to Sulmasy and Sugarman.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 223
OP 224
DO 10.1136/jme.20.4.223
VO 20
IS 4
A1 John Harris
YR 1994
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/20/4/223.abstract
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.