Allocating Scarce Medical Resources for Covid-19 The Covid-19 pandemic has already
stressed health care systems throughout the world, requiring rationing of medical equipment …

Many are the uncertainties generated by the potential healthcare resource scarcity in the
face of a relevant increase in the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Facing Covid-19 in Italy Physicians in northern Italy have learned some painful lessons
about rationing care during an epidemic. As health care systems work out ethical allocation …

After initially emerging in China, the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has advanced
rapidly. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared it a pandemic, with …

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to clarify the fair and equitable allocation of scarce
medical resources, both within and among countries. The ethical allocation of such …

This article proposes systems for the fair distribution of scarce resources to healthcare
providers. It builds on classic ethical structures and adapts them to the equitable distribution …

Killing someone directly is never morally right, but sometimes, choosing someone to save
and leaving another to die is. The moral philosophy, law, and medical ethics have all …

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an enormous burden on health systems, and
guidelines have been developed to help healthcare practitioners when resource shortage …

The shortage of healthcare providers is well-documented in low-income countries (LIC) prior
to COVID-19, due to various causes including the migration to developed countries, scarcity …

Some ethicists assert that there is a consensus that maximising medical outcomes takes
precedence as a principle of resource allocation in emergency triage of absolutely scarce …