Covid-19 Crisis Triage — Optimizing Health Outcomes and Disability Rights

Crisis triage protocols should seek to optimize health outcomes, but doing so requires explicit protection of core values, such as the equal moral worth of all people, including those with disabilities. Some thoughtful policies are capable of meeting both goals.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2020-07, Vol.383 (5), p.e27-e27
Hauptverfasser:	Solomon, Mildred Z, Wynia, Matthew K, Gostin, Lawrence O
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US Betacoronavirus Bias Cardiac function Cardiovascular disease Civil Rights Coronavirus Infections Coronaviruses COVID-19 Critical Care Disability Disabled Persons Ethics Handicapped accessibility Humans Mortality Pandemics - legislation & jurisprudence Patients People with disabilities Pneumonia, Viral Quality of life SARS-CoV-2 Social Discrimination - legislation & jurisprudence Survival Triage - legislation & jurisprudence Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:	Crisis triage protocols should seek to optimize health outcomes, but doing so requires explicit protection of core values, such as the equal moral worth of all people, including those with disabilities. Some thoughtful policies are capable of meeting both goals.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMp2008300