Combatting Covid-19. Or, “All Persons Are Equal but Some Persons Are More Equal than Others?”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21598433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Harris (0000-0002-4025-5775, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 406-414 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-1801 • E-ISSN: 1469-2147 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s096318012000095x |
| PMID | 33222708 |
| OpenAlex | W3107677504 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
Vaccines, when available, will prove to be crucial in the fight against Covid-19. All societies will face acute dilemmas in allocating scarce lifesaving resources in the form of vaccines for Covid-19. The author proposes The Value of Lives Principle as a just and workable plan for equitable and efficient access. After describing what the principle entails, the author contrasts the advantage of this approach with other current proposals such as the Fair Priority Model
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Economics · Geography · Law and economics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Virology
Ethics in Emergency Times
Voluntariness or legal obligation? An ethical analysis of two instruments for fairer global access to Covid-19 vaccines
The “Life” of the Mind
Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong
Red herrings, circuit-breakers and ageism in the Covid-19 debate
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |