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The disvalue of death in the global burden of disease

In the Global Burden of Disease study, disease burden is measured as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The paramount assumption of the DALY is that it makes sense to aggregate years lived with disability (YLDs) and years of life lost (YLLs). However, this is not smooth sailing. Whereas morbidi...

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Published in:J Med Ethics
Main Authors: Solberg, Carl Tollef, Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Barra, Mathias
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869483/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29079556
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2017-104365
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