Book Review

Titles can be misleading. Seeing Triage and Justice on the cover of this book, one expects a thick, turgidly written work directed at an audience sophisticated in the language of philosophy. Happily, Winslow has produced a slim book that is for the most part well written, thoughtfully organized, and understandable. The work opens with a historically fascinating account of triage as practiced from the time of the Napoleonic Wars to the present. Having clearly delineated the various strategies by which medical resources have been allocated under conditions of scarcity, Winslow goes on to offer two additional scenarios: disaster planning for . . .