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Future Medicine, Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 12(9), p. 829-837, 2020

DOI: 10.2217/cer-2020-0090

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No protocol and no liability: a call for COVID crisis guidelines that protect vulnerable populations

Journal article published in 2020 by Chiara Caraccio ORCID, Robert S. White, Rohan Jotwani ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing the unacceptable health disparities across New York City and in this country. The mortality rates of vulnerable and minority populations alone suggest a need to re-evaluate clinical decision making protocols, especially given the recently passed Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act, which grants healthcare institutions full immunity from liability stemming from resource allocation/triage decisions. Here we examine the disparity literature against resource allocation guidelines, contending that these guidelines may propagate allocation of resources along ableist, ageist and racial biases. Finally, we make the claim that the state must successfully develop ones that ensure the just treatment of our most vulnerable.