Equality or utility? Ethics and law of rationing ventilators.

Savulescu, Julian; Cameron, James; Wilkinson, Dominic

Savulescu, Julian; Cameron, James; Wilkinson, Dominic.

Savulescu J; Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: julian.savulescu@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.
Cameron J; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Wilkinson D; Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

Br J Anaesth ; 125(1): 10-15, 2020 07.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1385092

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Coronavirus Infections/therapy; Delivery of Health Care/ethics; Delivery of Health Care/legislation & jurisprudence; Pneumonia, Viral/therapy; Ventilators, Mechanical/ethics; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2

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COVID-19; age; disability; discrimination; egalitarianism; ethics; rationing; utilitarianism

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Ventilators, Mechanical / Coronavirus Infections / Delivery of Health Care Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Br J Anaesth Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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