• J Bioethic Inq · Dec 2020

    Imagining and Preparing for the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Justification for Taking Caring Responsibilities into Consideration when Allocating Scarce Resources.

    • JordensChristopher F CCFChttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9454-1059Sydney Health Ethics, Medical Foundation Building K25, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2206, Australia. chris.jordens@sydney.edu.au..
    • Sydney Health Ethics, Medical Foundation Building K25, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2206, Australia. chris.jordens@sydney.edu.au.
    • J Bioethic Inq. 2020 Dec 1; 17 (4): 773-776.

    AbstractVarious models have been used to "emplot" our collective experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the epidemiological curve, threshold models, and narrative. Drawing on a threshold model that was designed to frame resource-allocation decisions in clinical care, I offer an ethical justification for taking caring responsibilities into consideration in such decisions during pandemics. My basic argument is that we should prioritize the survival of patients with caring responsibilities for similar reasons we should prioritize the survival of healthcare professionals. More generally, the pandemic reveals the fundamental importance of informal care and affords an opportunity to raise questions of justice relating to it.

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