HLST 4010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Deontological Ethics, Personal Protective Equipment, Coronavirus

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 4010
• Professor: Geoffrey Reaume

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Week 10 reading- preferences for scarce medical resource allocation: grover, mcclelland and furnham. Preferences for scarce medical resource allocation: differences between experts and the general public and implications for the covid 19 pandemic. british journal of health psychology (june. There are, however, a number of other identi able principles which will be explored in this paper: utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory which focuses on the outcomes of actions rather than the actions themselves. Here, the best/most ideal, action is one that brings about maximum happiness de ned as pleasure and the absence of pain" (mill, 1863, p. 10). The theory asserts that all individuals are equal in terms of social worth. Behaviour"(i. e. , prioritizing those who do not undertake risky behaviours that may negatively impacttheir condition), instrumental value", combina tion of criteria" (i. e. , Youngest rst", prognosis", and lottery" principles), reciprocity" youngest rst" , lottery", and monetarycontribution". Lottery: the random allocation of interventions, through drawing recipients blindly. _____first-come,