We describe ethical issues arising in the allocation of civilian medical resources during armed conflict. Three features are significant in the context of allocating scarce resources in armed conflicts: the distinction between continuous and binary medical resources; the risks of armed conflict itself, and the impact of cultural differences on cases of armed conflict. We use these factors to elicit a modified principle for allocating medical resources during armed conflict, using hemodialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease as a case study.
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Evans, N. G., & Sekkarie, M. A. (2017). Allocating scarce medical resources during armed conflict: ethical issues. Disaster and Military Medicine, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40696-017-0033-z
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