Pandemic justice: fairness, social inequality and COVID-19 healthcare priority-setting.
J Med Ethics
; 49(4): 283-287, 2023 04.
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| ID: mdl-36600629
ABSTRACT
A comprehensive understanding of the ethics of the COVID-19 pandemic priorities must be sensitive to the influence of social inequality. We distinguish between ex-ante and ex-post relevance of social inequality for COVID-19 disadvantage. Ex-ante relevance refers to the distribution of risks of exposure. Ex-post relevance refers to the effect of inequality on how patients respond to infection. In the case of COVID-19, both ex-ante and ex-post effects suggest a distribution which is sensitive to the prevalence social inequality. On this basis, we provide a generic fairness argument for the claim that welfare states ought to favour a healthcare priority scheme that gives particular weight to protecting the socially disadvantaged.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pandemias
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
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Ethics
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Ethics
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Dinamarca