1. Rethinking Rescue Medicine.
- Author
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Jecker, Nancy S.
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HEALTH care rationing , *MEDICAL ethics , *SOCIAL justice , *RESCUE work , *SUCCESS , *VICTIMS , *ETHICS , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
The author discusses the ethics of rescue medicine. The author states that in tragic situations, rescue medicine renews hope and has the power to restore faith in human beings. The author notes that despite strong positive emotions, rescue efforts provoke chaos. The author mentions that when rescue medicine prevents other values such as long-term care and universal access to health care, it becomes unjust and an irrational system for allocating health care.
- Published
- 2015
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