1. Medical Ethics During Disasters
Egalitarian theory is belief that all should have an equal distribution of scarce goods. ... Fairness requires that scarce healthcare resources be allocated fairly with a special concern that the most vulnerable are treated fairly. ... In or during emergency preparedness, attention is often focused exclusively on moral dilemmas and "tragic choices" (i.e., public choices involving life and death situations that pit irreconcilable values against one another) that arise during the response phase when time is scarce, decisions are pressing, essential resources must be rationed, and indiv...
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