Shaw A B
St Luke's Hospital, Bradford.
J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995 Mar-Apr;29(2):89-91.
Rationing methods which discriminate against patients on account of their age can be ethical. Sometimes the young and sometimes the old should be favoured. It may depend on who benefits most and whether the rationing is by waiting list or by the exclusion of individuals. Equality is not equity.
因患者年龄而对其进行区别对待的配给方法可能是符合伦理道德的。有时应偏袒年轻人,有时则应偏袒老年人。这可能取决于谁受益最大,以及配给是通过等候名单还是通过排除某些个体来进行。平等并不等同于公平。