RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hope or despair: a response to ‘Do not despair about severity—yet’
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 559
OP 559
DO 10.1136/medethics-2020-106162
VO 46
IS 8
A1 Daniel Hausman
YR 2020
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/46/8/559.abstract
AB This is a brief response to ‘Do not despair about severity—yet’ by Barra et al. It argues that they have no serious criticisms of Daniel Hausman’s essay, ‘The Significance of Severity’” and that indeed their work lends further support to his view that there is no justification for prioritising severity. As policy-akers, Barra and his coauthors are more constrained by popular attitudes, which apparently favour prioritising severity.