Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
Who Gets Care in a Pandemic?
THIS LECTURE WILL BE LIVE STREAMED
This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.
Recent reports make clear that American hospitals have already had to ration lifesaving treatment for Covid-19 patients. And if cases spike again, the problem could get worse. This talk will explore how doctors should allocate care when resources are scarce. Should they try to save the greatest number possible? Or distribute resources randomly, or on a first-come, first-served basis? And what may they consider when they allocate care: age? disability? the choices that the people who need care have made? the way they've been treated by society in the past? The talk will almost certainly raise more questions than it answers.
Our speaker, Scott Hershovitz is the Thomas G and Mabel Long Professor of Law at the UM Law School and Professor of Philosophy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Link to Scott Hershovitz's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94568781768
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 945 6878 1768
Recent reports make clear that American hospitals have already had to ration lifesaving treatment for Covid-19 patients. And if cases spike again, the problem could get worse. This talk will explore how doctors should allocate care when resources are scarce. Should they try to save the greatest number possible? Or distribute resources randomly, or on a first-come, first-served basis? And what may they consider when they allocate care: age? disability? the choices that the people who need care have made? the way they've been treated by society in the past? The talk will almost certainly raise more questions than it answers.
Our speaker, Scott Hershovitz is the Thomas G and Mabel Long Professor of Law at the UM Law School and Professor of Philosophy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Link to Scott Hershovitz's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94568781768
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 945 6878 1768
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