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COVID-19 Forces Question Of “Who Lives Or Dies” Into “Stark Relief.”

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The Arizona Republic (4/14, D'Anna) reports that as the coronavirus pandemic “peaks in New York, New Jersey, New Orleans and Detroit, people with disabilities fear they will wind up on the losing end of the life-and-death choices doctors are forced to make.” The debate concerns “who chooses who will live and die when allocating scarce healthcare resources.” Advocates cite the case of “four disabled patients they believe were euthanized during Hurricane Katrina in 2005” and more recently “point to Italy, where the COVID-19 virus overwhelmed the country’s medical system.” Competing schools of thought “among medical ethicists advocate using a first-come-first-served approach or a lottery to decide who gets care, but [University of Arizona.

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