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Rationing, racism and justice: advancing the debate around ‘colourblind’ COVID-19 ventilator allocation
- Correspondence to Dr Harald Schmidt, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; schmidth{at}upenn.edu
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Rationing, racism and justice: advancing the debate around ‘colourblind’ COVID-19 ventilator allocation
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- Received August 31, 2020
- Revised October 27, 2020
- Accepted November 16, 2020
- First published January 6, 2021.
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January 21, 2022
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