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The Good (Philosophy), the Bad (Public Policy) and the Ugliness of Blaming Families for Ineffectual Treatments

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  1. Division of General Internal, Montefiore Universty Hospital, Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

    Robert M. Arnold

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  1. Department of Philosophy, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas

    Mark J. Cherry

  2. Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri

    Ana Smith Iltis

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Arnold, R.M. (2007). The Good (Philosophy), the Bad (Public Policy) and the Ugliness of Blaming Families for Ineffectual Treatments. In: Cherry, M.J., Iltis, A.S. (eds) Pluralistic Casuistry. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6260-5_9

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