Fairly Distributing the Distributive Justice Argument Permits Stopping ECMO

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From Bridge to Destination? Ethical Considerations Related to Withdrawal of ECMO Support over the Objections of Capacitated Patients

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am indebted to Naomi T. Laventhal, MD, MA, HEC-C, and Marion Kruse, PhD for the thoughtful feedback they offered to sharpen both this manuscript and my own thinking. And as always, I am grateful to Robert D. Truog, MD, who manages to improve my thinking even in the course of a casual conversation. Any factual or logical errors which remain here are entirely my own.

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