QL Revisited

Hastings Center Report 18 (2):10-12 (1988)
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Quality of life considerations should be central to moral decisionmaking in medicine. The formula QL = NE × (H + S) identifies the central components in determinations of quality of life. Critics have confused the validity of this formal statement and its use as a substantive guide in clinical situations.

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