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      Valuing lives: Allocating scarce medical resources during a public health emergency and the Americans with Disabilities Act (perspective)

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          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.

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          PLoS Curr
          PLoS Currents
          Public Library of Science
          2157-3999
          21 September 2011
          : 3
          : RRN1271
          Affiliations
          Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA
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          http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/2c8q7lnatgpgj/2
          10.1371/currents.RRN1271
          3199960
          22031448
          b2f31492-3a83-47e4-aeab-ebd5dea608e7

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          : 2 August 2011
          : 21 September 2011
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