ISSN Druckformat: 2151-805X
ISSN Online: 2151-8068
Coronavirus Is a Curse; Discrimination Makes it Worse
ABSTRAKT
When demand for life-saving resources outstrips supply during a pandemic, age discrimination must be eschewed in favor of a lottery. Arguments for favoring the young include widespread approval of age discrimination, life-stage considerations, utilitarianism, and Rawlsian considerations. All of these arguments are flawed. Moreover, it is crucial to present alternatives to patients in a way that avoids bias and pressure.
-
Bokat-Lindell S. Coronavirus critics' picks [monograph on the Internet]. New York: The New York Times; 2020 Apr 23 [cited 2020 Sep 14]. Available from: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/opinion/coronavirus-bored-quarantine.html.
-
U.S. Department of Health, Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Crisis standards of care planning guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic [homepage on the Internet]. Boston, Massachusetts: Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Health; 2020 Apr 7, revised 2020 Apr 20 [cited 2020 Sep 14]. Available from: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6843353-Revised-Crisis-Standards-of-Care-Planning-Guidance.html.
-
Wikipedia. Race and heath in the United States [monograph on the Internet]. San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation; revised 2020 Nov 25 [cited 2020 Sep 27]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Race_and_health_in_the_United_States#Life_expectan.
-
Sawyer A. National Merit Semifinalist cutoffs class of 2021 [monograph on the Internet]. Beverly Hills, CA: Compass Education Group; 2020 Aug 28 [cited 2020 Sep 30]. Available from: https://www. compassprep.com/national-merit-semifinalist-cutoffs/.
-
Nagel T. Death. [monograph on the Internet] New York: Cambridge University Press; 1979 [cited 2020 Sep 26]. Available from: https://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil150/Nagel.pdf.
-
Hospers J. An introduction to philosophical analysis. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ; 1988. p. 400.
-
Boeree CG. General Psychology: Erik Erikson [monograph on the Internet]. 2003, 2009 [cited 2020 Oct 18]. Available from: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsyerikson.html.
-
Lucas, DM. At 40, looking death in the eye [monograph on the Internet]; Opinion: Thinking about death. New York: The New York Times; 2019 Mar 28/29 [cited 2020 Oct 18]. Available from: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/opinion/letters/death-dying.html.
-
PartananA. WhatAmericans keep ignoring about Finland's school success [monograph on the Internet]. New York: TheAtlantic; 2011 Dec 29 [cited2020 Dec 17]. Available from: https://www.theatlantic.com/ national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/.
-
Wikipedia. Segregation academy [monograph on the Internet]. San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation; revised 2020 Nov 28 [cited 2020 Oct 18]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Segregation_academy.
-
State of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha. Rhode Island durable power of attorney for health care. An advance care directive [Internet]. Providence, RI: Office of the state of Rhode Island Attorney General; cited 2020 Sep 14. Available from: https://www.hopehealthco.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RI-DurablePower0fAttorneyForHealthCare.pdf.
-
Sunstein CR. Moral heuristics and framing. Minn Law Rev. 2003-04;88:1556-97.
-
Voice of the People: Lost St. Vincent's still haunts us [monograph on the Internet]. New York: The New York Daily News; 2020 Apr 6 [cited 2020 Sep 14]. Available from: https://www.nydailynews. com/opinion/ny-letter-april-6-20200406-4nrn5c7udbfendrxms2luhvccy-story.html.