@article {Lippert-Rasmussenmedethics-2020-106078, author = {Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and Thomas S{\o}birk Petersen}, title = {Age change, official age and fairness in health}, elocation-id = {medethics-2020-106078}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.1136/medethics-2020-106078}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {In a recent JME article, Joona R{\"a}s{\"a}nen makes the case for allowing legal age change. We identify three problems with his argument and, on that basis, propose an improved version thereof. Unfortunately, even the improved argument is vulnerable to the objection that chronological age is a better proxy for justice in health than both legal and what we shall call official age.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2020/02/13/medethics-2020-106078}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2020/02/13/medethics-2020-106078.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }