In health economics studies, it is usual to use measurement units that weight the number of years of life expected and the presence of disability (DALY) or the quality of life (QALY) during such a period. The objective of this work is to inquire into the assumptions and ethical consequences of the use of these units of measurement as criteria of priority or tiebreaker in triage decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, it will address the connections between these categories and the standard view of the quality of life of people with disabilities, according to which the quality of life of these people is comparatively lower than that of the rest. Second, it will be argued that this perspective is wrong and that, when it influences tria...
En el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, varios autores han analizado cuál es el criterio moral ad...
[ES] La calidad de vida es un concepto que refleja la percepción subjetiva de la persona en relación...
The global health crisis generated by Covid-19 has not only had repercussions on the health of the p...
En estudios sobre economía de la salud es usual la utilización de las unidades de medida que pondera...
La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha levantado sospechas de edadismo y gerontofobia en diversas prácticas d...
Although different instruments have been established to support the work of health professionals in ...
The COVID-19 pandemic had in its first wave between March and May 2020, and had a huge impact on the...
Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of healthcare professionals tested for covid-19 in a poly...
La crisis sanitaria global generada por el Covid-19, no sólo ha tenido repercusiones en la salud de ...
This paper is a review of �quality adjusted life years� (QALY). This measuring instrument has gained...
This paper showcases the use of several discourses from the human and social sciences in the context...
When making decisions, not all possible factors are always taken into account, due to the temporal l...
The of scarcity of medical resources. In these circumstances, persons with disabilities are more vul...
The COVID 2019 has had economic, social and legal implications of all kinds. Among them, the less im...
The quality of life in the Intellectual Disabled people assessed by themselves and by their professi...
En el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, varios autores han analizado cuál es el criterio moral ad...
[ES] La calidad de vida es un concepto que refleja la percepción subjetiva de la persona en relación...
The global health crisis generated by Covid-19 has not only had repercussions on the health of the p...
En estudios sobre economía de la salud es usual la utilización de las unidades de medida que pondera...
La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha levantado sospechas de edadismo y gerontofobia en diversas prácticas d...
Although different instruments have been established to support the work of health professionals in ...
The COVID-19 pandemic had in its first wave between March and May 2020, and had a huge impact on the...
Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of healthcare professionals tested for covid-19 in a poly...
La crisis sanitaria global generada por el Covid-19, no sólo ha tenido repercusiones en la salud de ...
This paper is a review of �quality adjusted life years� (QALY). This measuring instrument has gained...
This paper showcases the use of several discourses from the human and social sciences in the context...
When making decisions, not all possible factors are always taken into account, due to the temporal l...
The of scarcity of medical resources. In these circumstances, persons with disabilities are more vul...
The COVID 2019 has had economic, social and legal implications of all kinds. Among them, the less im...
The quality of life in the Intellectual Disabled people assessed by themselves and by their professi...
En el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, varios autores han analizado cuál es el criterio moral ad...
[ES] La calidad de vida es un concepto que refleja la percepción subjetiva de la persona en relación...
The global health crisis generated by Covid-19 has not only had repercussions on the health of the p...