| Entry Date | 2024-02-05 |
| Source | McKie J, Richardson J. The rule of rescue. Social science & medicine. 2003;56(12):2407-2419. |
| Link | Link |
| Source Type | Review /Overview |
| Domain | Groups |
| Subdomain1 | Patients |
| Subdomain2 | Rule of rescue |
| Key Points | An overview of the natural and ethically admirable but often very costly desire of humans to extend efforts to rescue individuals in acute peril. This presents the difficult dilemma of balancing the competing demands of using a lot of limited resources on one individual versus the value of the same resources distributed more equitably tho' less dramatically over a larger population |
| Citns | 392 |