Equality or utility? Ethics and law of rationing ventilators

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Jul;125(1):10-15. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

¹ Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: julian.savulescu@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.
² Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

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Keywords: COVID-19; age; disability; discrimination; egalitarianism; ethics; rationing; utilitarianism.

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