Ventilators by Lottery: The Least Unjust Form of Allocation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Diego S Silva

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.049

Ventilators by Lottery: The Least Unjust Form of Allocation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Chest. 2020 Sep;158(3):890-891. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.049. Epub 2020 May 12.

Author

Diego S Silva¹

Affiliation

¹ Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: diego.silva@sydney.edu.au.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2; bioethics; coronavirus; ethics; resource allocation; social justice.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Resource Allocation / methods*
SARS-CoV-2
Ventilators, Mechanical / supply & distribution*