Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication
The Hastings Center Report
Year
2021
Citation Information
Govind Persad, Letter in reply to Bernard Prusak, et al., (2021), available at https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/faculty-articles/1994.
Abstract
Scarce medical resource allocation should aim to prevent harm, especially to those who would be most disadvantaged if not helped. Bernard Prusak et al.’s letter reveals a narrow vision of which harms and disadvantages matter, one that overlooks opportunities to simultaneously prevent important harms and avoid exacerbating disadvantage.