Valuing lives: Allocating scarce medical resources during a public health emergency and the Americans with Disabilities Act (perspective) | Zendy

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Valuing lives: Allocating scarce medical resources during a public health emergency and the Americans with Disabilities Act (perspective)

Author(s) -

Leslie E. Wolf,

Wendy F. Hensel

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

plos currents

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282

H-Index - 49

ISSN - 2157-3999

DOI - 10.1371/currents.rrn1271

Subject(s) - scarcity , perspective (graphical) , health care rationing , natural disaster , public health , state (computer science) , distribution (mathematics) , law , public relations , business , political science , medicine , health care , economics , computer science , nursing , physics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , meteorology , microeconomics , mathematical analysis , mathematics

Public health emergencies from natural disasters, infection, and man-made threats can present ethically or legally challenging questions about who will receive scarce resources. Federal and state governments have offered little guidance on how to prioritize distribution of limited resources. Several allocation proposals have appeared in the medical literature, but components of the proposed approaches violate federal antidiscrimination laws and ethical principles about fair treatment. Further planning efforts are needed to develop practical allocation guidelines that comport with antidiscrimination laws and the moral commitment to equal access reflected in those laws.

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