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The foregoing tale of EmergiMedVan may serve as a parable for the burgeoning moral world of critical-care medicine. While that narrative embodies the main points that I want to express, I would like to add a postscript that suggests more explicitly the themes and agenda for moral choices in critical-care medicine.
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Reich, W.T. (1985). Moral Absurdities in Critical Care Medicine: Commentary on a Parable. In: Moskop, J.C., Kopelman, L. (eds) Ethics and Critical Care Medicine. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5233-1_2
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