Neurol. praxi. 2021;22(1):34-39 | DOI: 10.36290/neu.2021.009

Age and just allocation of resources

PhDr. David Černý, Ph.D.
Ústav státu a práva AV ČR, v. v. i., Praha

This article deals with the problem of resource allocation in the context of the aging of the human population. First, it focuses on a specific example of the allocation of scarce resources during the covid-19 pandemic and describes the role of patient age during it. Then it moves on to the general theory of resource allocation, which draws on the work of the American ethicist Norman Daniels. Within this theory, age plays an important role, but it cannot be understood as a case of ageism or negative discrimination.

Keywords: age, allocation of resources, ageism, discrimination.

Received: October 18, 2020; Revised: January 28, 2021; Accepted: February 4, 2021; Prepublished online: February 4, 2021; Published: April 7, 2021  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Černý D. Age and just allocation of resources. Neurol. praxi. 2021;22(1):34-39. doi: 10.36290/neu.2021.009.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Anderson G, Horvath J. The Growing Burden of Chronic Disease in America. Public Health Reports 2004; 119: 263-270. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    2. Bradley B. Well-Being & Death. New York: Oxford University Press 2011: 198.
    3. Budson AE, Kowall NW. (eds.). The Handbook of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Demen-tias. Malden: Blackwell 2011: 664. Go to original source...
    4. Butler RN. Psychiatry and the Elderly: An Overview. The American Journal of Psychiatry 1975; 9: 893-900. Go to original source...
    5. Butler RN. Ageism: Another form of bigotry. The Gerontologist 1969; 9: 243-246. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    6. Courtney M, Tong S, Walsh A. Acute-care nurses'sattitudes towards older patients: a literatu-re review. Int J Nurs Pract 2000; 2: 62-69. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    7. Černý D. Alokace na základě věku a diskriminace. In Šejvl M, et al. Vítězové a poražení: Právní a etické problémy současné koronakrize [on line]. Praha: Ústav státu a práva 2020 [cit. 2020-6-10]. Dostupné z WWW htt-ps://www.ilaw.cas.cz/upload/web/files/books/VITEZOVE_PORAZENI_final.pdf.
    8. Daniels N. Just Health Care. New York: Cambridge University Press 1985: 245. Go to original source...
    9. Daniels N. Am I My Parent's Keeper? An Essay on Justice between the Young and the Old. New York: Oxford University Press 1988: 205.
    10. Daniels N. Just Health. Meeting Health Needs Fairly. New York: Cambridge University Press 2008: 397. Go to original source...
    11. Duyckaerts Ch, Litvan I. (eds.). Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Vol. 89. Dementias. Elsevier 2008: 913.
    12. Ezekiel JE, Persad G, Upshur R, Thome B, Parker M, Glickman A, Zhang C, Boyle C, Smith M, Phillips JP. Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of COVID-19. The New England Journal of Medicine 2020; 3: 1-7.
    13. Greenberg J, Schimel J, Martens A. Ageism: Denying the Face of the Future. In Nelson TD, (ed.). Ageism. Stereotyping and Prejudice Against Older Person. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press 2002: 373.
    14. Haškovcová H. Fenomén stáří. 2 vydání. Praha: Havlíček Brain Team 2010: 369.
    15. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Retooling for an Aging America: Bulding the Health Care Workforce. Washington, DC. The National Academies Press 2008: 243.
    16. Iversen TN, Larsen L, Solem PE. A conceptual analysis of Ageism. Nordic Psychology 2009; 3: 4-22. Go to original source...
    17. Kotlikoff LJ, Burns S. The Coming Generational Storm. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004: 274.
    18. Levy BR, Banaji MR. Implicit Ageism. In Nelson TD. (ed.). Ageism. Stereotyping and Prejudice Against Older Person. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press 2002: 372.
    19. Mandell AM, Green RC. Alzheimer's Disease. In Budson AE, Kowall NW. (eds.). The Handbook of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias. Malden: Blackwell 2011: 664. Go to original source...
    20. Nelson TD. (ed.). Ageism. Stereotyping and Prejudice Against Older Person. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press 2002: 372. Go to original source...
    21. Robb C, Chen H, Haley WE. Ageism in Mental Health and Health Care: A Critical Review. Journal of Clinical Gerontopsychology 2002; 8: 1-12. Go to original source...
    22. Savulescu J, Vergano M, Craxì L, Wilkinson D. An ethical algorithm for rationing life-sustaining treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2020; 6: 1-6. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    23. Šejvl M, Agha P, Sobek T, Kokešová J, Černý D. Vítězové a poražení: Právní a etické problémy současné koronakrize. [on line]. Praha: Ústav státu a práva 2020 [cit. 2020-6-10]. Dostupné z WWW htt-ps://www.ilaw.cas.cz/upload/web/files/books/VITEZOVE_PORAZENI_final.pdf.
    24. Wallace P. Agequake: Riding the Demographic Rollecoaster Shaking Business, Finance and Our World. London: Nicolas Brealey 2001: 266 s.
    25. Wimo A, Winblad B. Economical Aspects of Dementia. In Duyckaerts Ch, Litvan I. (eds.). Hanbook of Clinical Neurology. Vol. 89. Dementias. Elsevier 2008: 913. Go to original source...
    26. Winslow G. Triage and Justice. Berkeley: University of California Press 1982: 228 s.

    Return to the content


    Neurology for Practice

    Madam, Sir,
    please be aware that the website on which you intend to enter, not the general public because it contains technical information about medicines, including advertisements relating to medicinal products. This information and communication professionals are solely under §2 of the Act n.40/1995 Coll. Is active persons authorized to prescribe or supply (hereinafter expert).
    Take note that if you are not an expert, you run the risk of danger to their health or the health of other persons, if you the obtained information improperly understood or interpreted, and especially advertising which may be part of this site, or whether you used it for self-diagnosis or medical treatment, whether in relation to each other in person or in relation to others.

    I declare:

    1. that I have met the above instruction
    2. I'm an expert within the meaning of the Act n.40/1995 Coll. the regulation of advertising, as amended, and I am aware of the risks that would be a person other than the expert input to these sites exhibited

    No
    Yes

    If your statement is not true, please be aware
    that brings the risk of danger to their health or the health of others.