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Triage and justice in an unjust pandemic: ethical allocation of scarce medical resources in the setting of racial and socioeconomic disparities
- Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Tolchin, Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; benjamin.tolchin{at}yale.edu
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Triage and justice in an unjust pandemic: ethical allocation of scarce medical resources in the setting of racial and socioeconomic disparities
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- Received May 18, 2020
- Revised September 21, 2020
- Accepted October 2, 2020
- First published October 16, 2020.
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February 22, 2021
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