Allocating scarce medical resources during armed conflict: ethical issues
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Allocating scarce medical resources during armed conflict: ethical issues
We describe ethical issues arising in the allocation of civilian medical resources during armed conflict. Three features are significant in the context of allocating scarce resources in armed conflicts: the distinction between continuous and binary medical resources; the risks of armed conflict itself, and the impact of cultural differences on cases of armed conflict. We use these factors to el...
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عنوان ژورنال: Disaster and Military Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2054-314X
DOI: 10.1186/s40696-017-0033-z