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Medical rules of eligibility – can preferential medical treatment provisions be ethically justified?

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2023
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Messelken, D. (2023). Medical rules of eligibility – can preferential medical treatment provisions be ethically justified? In S. M. Eagan & D. Messelken (Eds.), Resource scarcity in austere environments (pp. 133–153). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29059-6_9

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In emergency situations and while medical resources are sufficient, doctors are expected to prioritize and treat patients according to medical criteria only. In MASSCAL situations and when medical resources become insufficient, patient selection and prioritization changes. Rules of triage are applied with the aim of getting the best result possible under the circumstances, e.g., saving the largest number; collective health outweighs individual health. Still, according to the standard ethical principles, non-medical criteria should nev

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Creators (Authors)

  • Messelken, Daniel

Editors

  • Eagan, Sheena M
  • Messelken, Daniel

Title of Book

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Title of Book
Resource scarcity in austere environments

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Cham

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Publisher

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133

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153

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Keywords

Resource scarcity, Triage, Medical rules of eligibility, Distributive justice, Military medicine, Military trauma care

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English

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2023-05-19

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2023-06-01

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Military and Humanitarian Health Ethics

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2524-5465

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978-3-031-29059-6

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117 since deposited on 2023-06-01
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Messelken, D. (2023). Medical rules of eligibility – can preferential medical treatment provisions be ethically justified? In S. M. Eagan & D. Messelken (Eds.), Resource scarcity in austere environments (pp. 133–153). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29059-6_9

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