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Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond
Ageism has unfortunately become a salient phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, triage decisions based on age have been hotly discussed. In this article, I first defend that, although there are ethical reasons (founded on the principles of benefit and fairness) to consider the age...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8276843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34258692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00441-3 |
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description | Ageism has unfortunately become a salient phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, triage decisions based on age have been hotly discussed. In this article, I first defend that, although there are ethical reasons (founded on the principles of benefit and fairness) to consider the age of patients in triage dilemmas, using age as a categorical exclusion is an unjustifiable ageist practice. Then, I argue that ageism during the pandemic has been fueled by media narratives and unfair assumptions which have led to an ethically problematic group homogenization of the older population. Finally, I conclude that an intersectional perspective can shed light on further controversies on ageism and triage in the post-pandemic future. |
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spelling | pubmed-82768432021-07-14 Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond Rueda, Jon Hist Philos Life Sci Notes & Comments Ageism has unfortunately become a salient phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, triage decisions based on age have been hotly discussed. In this article, I first defend that, although there are ethical reasons (founded on the principles of benefit and fairness) to consider the age of patients in triage dilemmas, using age as a categorical exclusion is an unjustifiable ageist practice. Then, I argue that ageism during the pandemic has been fueled by media narratives and unfair assumptions which have led to an ethically problematic group homogenization of the older population. Finally, I conclude that an intersectional perspective can shed light on further controversies on ageism and triage in the post-pandemic future. Springer International Publishing 2021-07-13 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8276843/ /pubmed/34258692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00441-3 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Notes & Comments Rueda, Jon Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond |
title | Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond |
title_full | Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond |
title_fullStr | Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond |
title_full_unstemmed | Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond |
title_short | Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond |
title_sort | ageism in the covid-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyond |
topic | Notes & Comments |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8276843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34258692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00441-3 |
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