Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam The Netherlands.
Eur J Health Law. 2020 Sep 21;27(5):495-498. doi: 10.1163/15718093-BJA10028.
Recently, the Dutch Medical Doctors Association (Federatie Medisch Specialisten en de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot bevordering der Geneeskunst) drafted the 'Covid-19 triage guideline ICU admission' that has age cut-offs that deprioritise or exclude the elderly. Such an age limit for intensive care unit (ICU) admission in case of a national emergency seems discriminatory, and thus, is it inappropriate to use, or not? The question is whether age in itself can be considered as an acceptable selection criterion.
最近，荷兰医生协会（Federatie Medisch Specialisten en de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot bevordering der Geneeskunst）起草了《Covid-19 分诊指南 ICU 入院》，其中有年龄截止点，优先考虑或排除老年人。在国家紧急情况下，这种重症监护病房（ICU）入院的年龄限制似乎具有歧视性，因此，使用或不使用是否合适？问题是年龄本身是否可以被视为可接受的选择标准。
