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Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19.

Emanuel EJ., Persad G., Upshur R., Thome B., Parker M., Glickman A., Zhang C., Boyle C., Smith M., Phillips JP.

Original publication

DOI

10.1056/nejmsb2005114

Type

Journal article

Journal

The New England journal of medicine

Publication Date

05/2020

Volume

382

Pages

2049 - 2055

Addresses

From the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).

Keywords

Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Ventilators, Mechanical, Resource Allocation, Health Care Rationing, Health Policy, Bioethical Issues, Hospital Bed Capacity, United States, Pandemics, Betacoronavirus, Health Workforce, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2