HLST 4010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Formal And Material Principles Of Theology, Coronavirus, Lifesaving
9 Dec 2020
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Scarce resources allocation in the covid 19 outbreak: mannelli. Scarce resources allocation in the covid-19 outbreak. journal of medical ethics 46:6 (april 2020):364-366. Available at: https://jme. bmj. com/content/medethics/46/6/364. full. pdf: the proposed analysis suggests that the national emergency framework in which prioritisation criteria are currently enforced should not lead us to perceive scarce resources allocation as something new. (1) Introduction: the current coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak is spreading rapidly. Although rigorous restrictions in wuhan contained the spread, on 11 march the. Who declared the covid-19 outbreak to be a pandemic and that europe had become its new epicentre. In this scenario, demand for critical care in the northern region of italy currently exceeds its supply, raising significant ethical concerns in the process. In allocating resources in these scenarios, professionals are considering prioritising those most likely to survive over those with remote chances of survival (2)
