Wolf Leslie, Hensel Wendy
Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA.
PLoS Curr. 2011 Sep 21;3:RRN1271. doi: 10.1371/currents.RRN1271.
Public health emergencies from natural disasters, infection, and man-made threats can present ethically or legally challenging questions about who will receive scarce resources. Federal and state governments have offered little guidance on how to prioritize distribution of limited resources. Several allocation proposals have appeared in the medical literature, but components of the proposed approaches violate federal antidiscrimination laws and ethical principles about fair treatment. Further planning efforts are needed to develop practical allocation guidelines that comport with antidiscrimination laws and the moral commitment to equal access reflected in those laws.
自然灾害、感染及人为威胁引发的突发公共卫生事件可能会带来关于谁将获得稀缺资源的伦理或法律难题。联邦和州政府在如何对有限资源的分配进行优先排序方面几乎没有提供指导。医学文献中出现了一些分配方案,但这些方案的组成部分违反了联邦反歧视法以及关于公平对待的伦理原则。需要进一步开展规划工作,以制定符合反歧视法以及这些法律所体现的平等获取资源的道德承诺的实用分配指南。