Ethical Considerations of Triage Following Natural Disasters: The IDF Experience in Haiti as a Case Study

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The paper proposes a triage model for patient prioritization under scarcity of resources that follows natural disasters, and it is claimed that rational and reasonable individuals behind a veil of ignorance would accept this model. The Israel Defense Force humanitarian mission to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake serves as a case study for the various considerations taken into account when designing the ethical-clinical policy of the field hospital.

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