What could "fair allocation" during the Covid-19 crisis possibly mean in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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dc.contributor.authorMoodley, Keymanthrien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRavez, Laurenten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorObasa, Adetayo Emmanuelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMwinga, Alwynen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJaoko, Walteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMakindu, Dariusen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBehets, Friedaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRennie, Stuarten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-18T09:31:45Z
dc.date.available2022-08-18T09:31:45Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.descriptionCITATION: Moodley, K. et al. 2020. What Could "Fair Allocation" during the Covid-19 Crisis Possibly Mean in Sub-Saharan Africa?. The Hastings Center report, 50(3):33–35. doi:10.1002/hast.1129
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1552146x
dc.description.abstractThe Covid-19 pandemic has sparked rapid and voluminous production of bioethics commentary in popular media and academic publications. Many of the discussions are new twists on an old theme: how to fairly allocate scarce medical resources, such as ventilators and intensive care unit beds. In this essay, we do not add another allocation scheme to the growing pile, partly out of appreciation that such schemes should be products of inclusive and transparent community engagement and partly out of recognition of their limited utility for physicians working in the field. Instead, we make the more modest claim that context matters when making such decisions and, more specifically, that recommendations from high-income countries about fair allocation during Covid-19 should not be cut and pasted into low-income settings. We offer a few examples of why seemingly universal, well-intentioned ethical recommendations could have adverse consequences if unreflectively applied in sub-Saharan Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hast.1129
dc.description.versionPublishers version
dc.format.extent3 pages
dc.identifier.citationMoodley, K. et al. 2020. What Could "Fair Allocation" during the Covid-19 Crisis Possibly Mean in Sub-Saharan Africa?. The Hastings Center report, 50(3):33–35. doi:10.1002/hast.1129
dc.identifier.issn1552-146X (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1002/hast.1129
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125617
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rights.holderHastings Center Report
dc.subjectHealth resources rationing -- Africa, Sub-Saharanen_ZA
dc.subjectHealth care rationing -- Africa, Sub-Saharanen_ZA
dc.subjectResource allocation -- Africa, Sub-Saharanen_ZA
dc.titleWhat could "fair allocation" during the Covid-19 crisis possibly mean in Sub-Saharan Africa?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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