Fumagalli, Roberto (2022) We should not use randomization procedures to allocate scarce life-saving resources. Public Health Ethics, 15 (1). 87 - 103. ISSN 1754-9973
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Abstract
In the recent literature across philosophy, medicine and public health policy, many influential arguments have been put forward to support the use of randomization procedures (RAND) to allocate scarce life-saving resources (SLSR). In this paper, I provide a systematic categorization and a critical evaluation of these arguments. I shall argue that those arguments justify using RAND to allocate SLSR in fewer cases than their proponents maintain and that the relevant decision-makers should typically allocate SLSR directly to the individuals with the strongest claims to these resources rather than use RAND to allocate such resources.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://academic.oup.com/phe |
Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors |
Divisions: | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2022 16:18 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2024 07:39 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/115581 |
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