The Saving/Creating Distinction and the Axiology of the Cost–Benefit Approach to Neonatal Medicine

American Journal of Bioethics 17 (8):29-31 (2017)
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Abstract

The aim of this commentary is to discuss the axiology of the cost–benefit approach assumed by Travis Rieder (2017) to analyze medical decision making in the case of extremely preterm infants.

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