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In the response to this pandemic, two vital, but controversial ethical questions are we should allocate ventilators to patients with severe respiratory failure, and how we should distribute vaccines to people at risk of contracting coronavirus. There There are opposing ethical views about how to pri...
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oapen-20.500.12657-638932023-07-13T02:46:14Z Chapter 10 Pluralism and Allocation of Limited Resources Wilkinson, Dominic Pandamic; ethics; vaccines; ventilators bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFM Ethical issues & debates In the response to this pandemic, two vital, but controversial ethical questions are we should allocate ventilators to patients with severe respiratory failure, and how we should distribute vaccines to people at risk of contracting coronavirus. There There are opposing ethical views about how to prioritise, and countries have taken different different differentdifferentapproaches. There There is a strong ethical argument that policies should take a pluralistic approach to allocation that reflectsreflects reflectsreflectsreflectsmultiple ethical values - both because of the diversity of viewpoints within communities and the recognition that there are competing relevant ethical values. In this chapter, I look at the epistemic and normative problems raised by pluralistic allocation in this pandemic and suggest implications for future pandemics. I summarise some of the relevant evidence about the public’s views and values relating to prioritisation. I also explore some practical approaches to prioritisation of scarce resources in the face of contrasting and competing ethical values 2023-07-12T14:59:48Z 2023-07-12T14:59:48Z 2023 chapter 9780192871688 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63893 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Bookshelf_NBK592676.pdf Oxford University Press Pandemic Ethics b9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2 11f84640-1a24-4b0e-bca4-483040325d61 d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9780192871688 Wellcome 15 Oxford Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access |
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In the response to this pandemic, two vital, but controversial ethical questions are we should allocate ventilators to patients with severe respiratory failure, and how we should distribute vaccines to people at risk of contracting coronavirus. There There are opposing ethical views about how to prioritise, and countries have taken different different differentdifferentapproaches.
There There is a strong ethical argument that policies should take a pluralistic approach to allocation that reflectsreflects reflectsreflectsreflectsmultiple ethical values - both because of the diversity of viewpoints within communities and the recognition that there are competing relevant ethical values. In this chapter, I look at the epistemic and normative problems raised by pluralistic allocation in this pandemic and suggest implications for future pandemics. I summarise some of the relevant evidence about the public’s views and values relating to prioritisation. I also explore some practical approaches to prioritisation of scarce resources in the face of contrasting and competing ethical values |
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