Schöne-Seifert, BettinaBettinaSchöne-Seifert2021-12-082021-12-082009https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/429http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-362Not infrequently, the so-called Rule of Rescue gets invoked as an allegedly self-evident constraint to the CBE-goal of maximizing health benefit with a given health budget. In this paper this constraint is critically analyzed. It will be argued that some of its implications are worth considering--but not the inherently vague Rule as such.enddc:100ddc:330The ‘Rule of Rescue’ in Medical Priority Setting: Ethical Plausibilities and Implausibilities