Govind Persad

Essay

Disability Law and the Case for Evidence-Based Triage in a Pandemic

When lifesaving medical treatments are scarce, disability law permits triage policies to consider patients’ probability of survival and post-treatment life expectancy. Evidence-based triage that considers these factors, rather than inaccurate stereotypes, can be not only legal and ethical, but consonant with the goals of disability law and advocacy.

Jun 24, 2020