Overview
- Provides an overview of ethical challenges of distributing scarce health care resources in times of austerity
- Contains academic analyses of contemporary ethical challenges in military health care and disaster bioethics
- Brings together experts and practitioners in the fields of military health care, philosophy and ethics
Part of the book series: Military and Humanitarian Health Ethics (MHHE)
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This book focuses on resource allocation in military and humanitarian medicine during times of scarcity and austerity. It is in these times that health systems bend, break, and even collapse and where resource allocation becomes a paramount concern and directly impacts clinical decision-making. Such times are challenging and this book covers this very important, yet, scarcely researched topic within the field of bioethics. This work brings together experts and practitioners in the fields of military health care, philosophy, ethics, and other disciplines to provide analysis on a variety of related topics ranging from case studies and first-hand experiences to policy and philosophical analysis. It is of great interest to to academics, practitioners, policy makers and students who are looking for analyses and guidance regarding the fair provision of medical care and the use of medical rules of eligibility under adverse conditions.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Daniel Messelken is a research associate at the Center for Ethics at Zurich University and leader of the Zurich Center for Military Medical Ethics. He also serves as Head Ethics Teacher for the Center of Reference for Education on IHL and Ethics of the International Committee of Military Medicine and is member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Military Ethics in Europe (EuroISME). Dr. Messelken studied Philosophy and Political Science in Leipzig and Paris (1998-2004) and received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Leipzig in 2010. Besides Military Medical Ethics, his main research fields include Just War Theory, the Morality of Violence, Military Ethics, and Applied Ethics more generally.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Resource Scarcity in Austere Environments
Book Subtitle: An Ethical Examination of Triage and Medical Rules of Eligibility
Editors: Sheena M. Eagan, Daniel Messelken
Series Title: Military and Humanitarian Health Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29059-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29058-9Published: 19 May 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29061-9Published: 19 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-29059-6Published: 18 May 2023
Series ISSN: 2524-5465
Series E-ISSN: 2524-5473
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Bioethics, Military and Defence Studies, Public Health