{"title":"Ethics and Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.","authors":"Peter Hilsenrath, Tyrone Borders","doi":"10.1177/2333392820957661","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Covid-19 experience provides a natural experiment in personal and social ethics. Difficult decisions are routinely made to optimize lives and livelihoods. This commentary provides background and insight into the ethical and economic foundations underpinning dilemmas of this historic pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"7 ","pages":"2333392820957661"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2333392820957661","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2333392820957661","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2020/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Abstract
The Covid-19 experience provides a natural experiment in personal and social ethics. Difficult decisions are routinely made to optimize lives and livelihoods. This commentary provides background and insight into the ethical and economic foundations underpinning dilemmas of this historic pandemic.