Article ; Online: Age Matters but it should not be Used to Discriminate Against the Elderly in Allocating Scarce Resources in the Context of COVID-19.
2020 Volume 12, Issue 3, Page(s) 331–340
Abstract: A patient's age serves as a very useful guide to physicians in deciding what disease manifestations to anticipate, what treatment to offer for certain conditions, and how to prepare for possible emergencies. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... ...
Abstract | A patient's age serves as a very useful guide to physicians in deciding what disease manifestations to anticipate, what treatment to offer for certain conditions, and how to prepare for possible emergencies. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, determining treatment options on the basis of a patient's chronological age can easily give rise to unjustified discrimination. This is of particular significance in situations where the allocation of scarce critical care resources could have a direct impact on who will live and who will die. This paper examines the fairness of recommendations contained in resource allocation guidelines in the Philippines that have implications for the way elderly patients could be treated or excluded from some forms of critical care treatment in the context of the ongoing Corona virus emergency. |
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Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-06-16 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2602378-7 |
ISSN | 1793-9453 ; 1793-8759 |
ISSN (online) | 1793-9453 |
ISSN | 1793-8759 |
DOI | 10.1007/s41649-020-00130-6 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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