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Rationing and Disability: The Civil Rights and Wrongs of State Triage Protocols
The COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented natural disasters of 2020 remind us of the importance of emergency preparedness. This Article contributes to our legal and ethical readiness by examining state “Crisis Standards of Care,” which are the standards that determine how medical resources are allocated in times of scarcity.
American Journal of Law & Medicine | Cambridge Core
Publishing with Cambridge from 2021. The American Journal of Law & Medicine (AJLM) is North America’s leading health law journal devoted exclusively to the analysis of issues at the nexus of law and medicine. Its broad editorial scope includes health law and policy; updates on significant legal decisions and developments affecting health care; legal, ethical and economic aspects of medical practice, research and education; book reviews and much more.
We must not leave the vulnerable out if we have health care rations
With over 13 million coronavirus cases across the country and another surge on the way, overburdened health care systems could soon face difficult decisions about who has access to lifesaving care. States have enacted “crisis standards of care” with criteria to allocate scarce medical resources like hospital or intensive care unit beds. These standards have an overarching goal to save the most lives.
Democracy by the People
Thanks to a series of recent US Supreme Court decisions, corporations can now spend unlimited sums to influence elections, Super PACs and dark money groups are flourishing, and wealthy individuals and special interests increasingly dominate American politics. Despite the overwhelming support of Americans to fix this broken system, serious efforts at reform have languished.
Opioid Prescribing and the Ethical Duty to Do No Harm
Doctors have two ethical duties: to cure disease or ease suffering and, also, to do no harm. The ethical duty to “Do No Harm” has been used to justify two sides of a pendulum swing in the philosophy of opioid prescribing for pain. In the 1990s, it was invoked to expand prescribing, and more recently to justify dramatic reductions in prescription opioid use.
Docs Told to Put Disabled Last for Ventilators
(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators – choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states’ policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit.
Money speaks louder than words, but that doesn’t make it ‘speech’
This is part of the Reuters series on the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, handed down Jan. 21, 2010. After five years, is anything the same in U.S. elections? You can read other pieces in the series here.
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