title: A possible application of care-based ethics to people with disabilities during a pandemic.
abstract: Should people with exceptionally profound disabilities be given an equal chance of surviving a pandemic, even when their care might require a greater use of limited medical resources? How might an ethics of care be used to shape a policy regarding these patients?
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Edmund G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Howe
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D017028:Caregivers / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004644:Emotions; D028663:Ethical Theory; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009520:New Zealand; D058873:Pandemics; D012111:Residence Characteristics