In the ongoing pandemic, death statistics influence people’s feelings and government policy. But when does COVID-19 qualify as the cause of death? As philosophers of medicine interested in conceptual clarification, we address the question by analyzing the World Health Organization’s rules for the certification of death. We show that for COVID-19, WHO rules take into account both facts (causal chains) and values (the importance of prevention).
Amoretti M.C., Lalumera E. (2021). COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death: disentangling facts and values. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES, 43(1), 1-4 [10.1007/s40656-020-00355-6].
COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death: disentangling facts and values
Lalumera E.Co-primo
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2021
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In the ongoing pandemic, death statistics influence people’s feelings and government policy. But when does COVID-19 qualify as the cause of death? As philosophers of medicine interested in conceptual clarification, we address the question by analyzing the World Health Organization’s rules for the certification of death. We show that for COVID-19, WHO rules take into account both facts (causal chains) and values (the importance of prevention).| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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