PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lynette Reid
TI  - Triage of critical care resources in COVID-19: a stronger role for justice
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2020-106320
DP  - 2020 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 526--530
VI  - 46
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/46/8/526.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/46/8/526.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2020 Aug 01; 46
AB  - Some ethicists assert that there is a consensus that maximising medical outcomes takes precedence as a principle of resource allocation in emergency triage of absolutely scarce resources. But the nature of the current severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 pandemic and the history of debate about balancing equity and efficiency in resource allocation do not support this assertion. I distinguish a number of concerns with justice and balancing considerations that should play a role in critical care triage policy, focusing on discrimination and on fundamental egalitarian and social justice concerns.