The tragic choices during the global health emergency: Comparative economic law reflections
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
European Public Law
Volume
28
Issue
2
First Page
189
Last Page
202
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
52309
Abstract
The health emergency sparked off by the spread of the pathogen COVID-19, has led, especially during its first phase, to a situation of scarcity of resources. The problem, in other words, consisted of a disproportion between the demand from individuals who needed to receive emergency care and a situation of limited resources, including health personnel, beds and necessary machinery. Therefore, the multifarious scientific societies have drawn up guidance documents to define access criteria on the basis of the ethical principles developed by Beauchamp and Childress. In light of such a background, the analysis focuses on the legal analysis of the first recommendations adopted in Italy (recommendations and guidelines elaborated first by Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI) and then amended by SIAARTISocietà Italiana Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni (SIMLA)). In this scenario, critical issues are identified and later analysed, also in the light of what was decided by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (ASSM), as well as the British counterpart, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Ultimately, bio-law is at the mercy of a less reputed, yet more strategic, factor: bio-law-and-economics
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de Gioia-Carabellese, P., & Della Giustina, C. (2022). The tragic choices during the global health emergency: Comparative economic law reflections. European Public Law, 28(2), 189-202.
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