How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities
Publication Date
4-13-2020
Document Type
Article
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Sturm College of Law
Keywords
Triage, COVID, Disabilities, Bioethics
Abstract
On March 28, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance regarding the application of antidiscrimination law to triage policies — that is, policies for fairly allocating scarce medical treatments, like ventilators, in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many news outlets incorrectly portrayed HHS as prohibiting triage guidelines from considering disability. But the guidance is more nuanced.
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Govind Persad, How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities, Bill of Health (Apr. 13, 2020), https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2020/04/13/triage-disabilities-coronavirus-ethics-law/.