title: Being a burden: reflections on refusing medical care.
abstract: Close relationships can give us reasons to care for others, even when the care is a burden. They can also give us reasons to accept care--even when accepting care means becoming a burden.
authors.affiliation: Macalester College, USA.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gunderson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000533:Altruism; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*