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KMID : 1142820200040010067
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Bio, Ethics and Policy
2020 Volume.4 No. 1 p.67 ~ p.96
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Setting Priorities for Medical Resource Allocation of Emergency Treatment and Vaccination for COVID-19 in South Korea
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Kim Jun-Hewk
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Abstract
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reached pandemic levels in 2020, causing catastrophic damage to many countries, including various challenges related to a lack of medical resources. Although policies for classifying patients have been proposed for emergency situations, there are limitations in applying these principles for the allocation of medical resources in a comprehensive manner. This paper briefly examines relevant medical justice theories from the standpoint of their applicability to the allocation of medical resources. It also considers the principles of medical resource allocation established for clinical treatment and vaccination. Next, the principles of medical resource allocation applicable to COVID-19 in domestic situations and the sequence of vaccination when effective vaccines are available are discussed. The paper suggests that the theory of luck egalitarianism can be applied in the clinical treatment of COVID-19 emergency cases, and the principle of saving the most life-years is most applicable in the vaccination program, with other principles also relevant as supplementary guidance. We argue that the establishment of a deliberative body to address medical resource allocation is necessary for policy decisions and applications.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, medical justice, medical resource allocation, luck egalitarianism, saving the most life-years
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